Thursday 11 September 2014

Update: Mohammad Davari Freed

The record for Mohammad Davari was updated.



Status: Freed
Prison: n/a
Notes:
Member of the National Trust Party (Etemad-e Melli) - Editor in chief of Saham News website. In the weeks after the election, Davari had videotaped the testimony of inmates at Kahrizak Detention Center who alleged had been raped and abused while in custody, according to the Free Iranian Journalists blog. Worked as a school teacher in Tehran 05 Sep 2009: Arrested at headquarters of Etemad e Melli and sent to Evin http://is.gd/4SvTKt 22 Nov 2009: Tried on charges of propagation against the regime, congregation and mutiny for disrupting national security, and creating chaos in public order. Dec 2009: 1st hearing 03 May 2010: 2nd hearing 16 May 2010: Sentenced to 5 years prison, upheld on appeal 4 Aug 2010. 08 Aug 2010: Transferred from 209 to ward 9 Nov 2010: Awarded International Press Freedom Award http://is.gd/TV7lJB 18 Apr 2011: Seriously ill in Evin and banned from visits 10 May 2011: Listed in Evin 350 13 Jun 2011: Signed a statement after Hoda Saber death 18 Jun 2011: On hunger strike to protest Haleh Sahabi and Hoda Saber deaths 26 Jun 2011: Ended hunger strike 21 Jul 2011: Sentenced to an additional 1 year, reportedly for attending demonstrations in 2007. 04 Apr 2012: Bail set at 400 millions tomans; the whole clan cannot afford to pay that much http://t.co/plv8UT6l 10 Apr 2013: Learns of his brother's death which provocks a heart attack; he is transferred to hospital in ICU http://t.co/D1VJuAbS 20 Feb 2013: After 3 years Mohammad Davari granted prison furlough http://t.co/VS5bLgvF 23 Apr 2013: Back to Evin 350 at the end of his furlough http://wp.me/p3hzJj-1Bz 16 Jul 2013: Signs a letter to protest transfer of Dr. Nazeri to Zabol on a stretcher http://is.gd/bcjFVd 17 Apr 2014: Transferred to Evin 240 solitary after raid against Evin 350 - On hunger strike http://j.mp/1mbMR3H 23 Apr 2014: Back to Evin 350 http://j.mp/RLe697 28 Apr 2014: Ends hunger strike bit.ly/1keMyRc 01 May 2014: Files a complaint regarding Black Thursday http://is.gd/eKYdly 29 Aug 14: Sentenced to 1.5 additional month http://j.mp/1thK3FN 08 Sep 14: Freed after serving 5 years http://is.gd/Cm4mQn

Sentence: 6 years + 1.5 months

Location/Home Town: Tehran
Faith or Ethnicity: 
Occupation or Activity: Journalist, Political activist, Professor/Teacher

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