Thursday 27 March 2014

Update: Abolfazl Abedini-Nasr Sentenced

The record for Abolfazl Abedini-Nasr was updated.



Status: Sentenced
Prison: Ahvaz (Karoun)
Notes:
28 years - Member of Pan Iranist party. Suffers heart condition 2005: Detained for 5 months Nov 2007: Detained until Feb 2008 30 Jun 2009: Arrested 26 Oct 2009: Released on $300,000 bail from Sepidar prison 3 Mar 2010: Arrested brutally at home and sent to Karoon prison 7 Mar 2010: Transferred to Evin 4 Apr 2010: Sentenced to 11 years prison. 5yrs on 1 count of having links to enemy states, 5yrs on 1 count of membership in the HRA and 1yr for anti-state propaganda activities by talking to foreign media outlets. 23 Sep 2010: Transferred to Evin from Ahvaz Karoun prison Spent 4 months in IRGC solitary 17 Dec 2010: Interrogated for a new trial. Source: http://bit.ly/hgkLVA 20 Jan 2011: Denied visits 04 May 2011: Sentenced to 1 additional year; total 12 years 06 Aug 2011: Signed common appeal of emprisonned journalists for Journalist Day 10 Nov 2011: 1 extra year upheld by Appeals 09 Jan 2012: Back to Evin 350 after10 days in 209 22 Jan 2012: Prosecuted for new cases http://tinyurl.com/6tp3579 15 Nov 2012: Transferred to Ahvaz prison after testifying on SattarBeheshti torture. Launches a hunger strike to protest his transfer http://t.co/GKOfnoJQ 18 Nov 2012: Ahvaz prison did not accept him; return to Evin209 http://t.co/FOAR6lBA 20 Nov 2012: On dry hunger strike to protest transfer to solitary http://t.co/aEw2T7zr 22 Nov 2012: Back to 350 - Stops hunger strike http://t.co/Ueo3dgqG 28 Apr 2013: Banned from visit and transfered to 240 solitary after protesting warden's request of dismisal of political prisoners' representative http://is.gd/HIvFku 07 May 2013: Began hunger strike to protest solitary detention http://t.co/PnjQzUASq1 08 May 2013: Stops hunger strike after return to 350 http://t.co/NikX9bBWLr 27 Jul 2013: Transferred to Ahvaz prison; begins hunger strike http://is.gd/z8BDLh 20 Aug 2013: ends hunger strike http://is.gd/ycLEV8 27 Nov 2013: Granted furlough but prosecutor disagrees http://j.mp/1aYGeds 08 Mar 2014: Released on furlough http://is.gd/j1REkF 26 Mar 2014: Back to Ahvaz prison j.mp/1lmIrqg

Sentence: 12 years

Location/Home Town: Ahvaz - Rahmhormoz
Faith or Ethnicity: Arab
Occupation or Activity: Journalist, Political activist, Human Rights Activist

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