Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Update: Arash Sadeghi Released on Bail

The record for Arash Sadeghi was updated.



Status: Released on Bail
Prison: n/a
Notes:
Philosophy student - worked for Mousavi campaign - Member of Participation Front 08 Jul 2009: Arrested and sent to solitary - spends 55 days under torture, released in a side street of Tehran 27 Dec 2009: Arrested Sentenced to 3 years Granted Norooz furlough - has been severely tortured 06 Apr 2010: Back to Evin after 2 weeks Norooz furlough ($ 500,000 bail) and placed in solitary 240 02 May 2010: Denied prison visits with or phone calls 24 Jun 2010: sentenced to additional 6 years + 74 lashes, total 9 years currently in Evin 350 5 Dec 2010: Re-arrested after being summoned to court and sent to 209 07 Dec 2010: Publishes a statement for student day. As a result is severely beaten - 1 broken rib 10 Dec 2010: Goes on hunger strike to protest treatment and lack of medical attention 01 Jan 2011: Beaten and transferred to solitary 04 Jan 2011: After 4 days intensive torture in 209 , returns to 350 5 Jan 2011: Reported lost use of right arm after enduring beatings for 4 days. Source: Http://www.rahana.org/archives/33778 17 Mar 2011: Back in 209 for more torture pressuring to deny his mother's death from heart attack. 18 Mar 2011: Will spend 1 month in solitary without visit as punishment for not giving in to torture. 10 May 2011: Listed as inmate of Evin 350 06 Jun 2011: Begins hunger strike to protest Haleh Sahabi's murder 13 Jun 2011: Signed a statement after Hoda Saber death Dec 2011: On hunger strike to support Hossein Ronaghi Maleki 14 Dec 2011: Freed http://t.co/RAIlbxzS 15 Jan 2012: Rearrested http://t.co/6lqdPBPu 19 Jan 2012: Calls his family from Evin 209 http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/list_of_29_iranian_students_in_prison.pdf 25 May 2012: Begins a hunger strike to support Hossein Ronaghi Maleki http://t.co/BffKBtcC 17 Nov 2012: 2nd visit with family since beginning of incarceration http://is.gd/8ZBQlM 02 Jun 2013: Begins hunger strike to protest new beating http://t.co/m3KwhpcZwc 18 Oct 2013: Posted on Facebook confirming his release on bail a few days previously. http://persianbanoo.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/update-on-missing-student-activist-arash-sadeghi/

Sentence: 6 years + 1 year suspended

Location/Home Town: Tehran
Faith or Ethnicity: 
Occupation or Activity: Student, Political activist, Student Activist

Iran Prisoner List: http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html