Thursday 28 May 2015

Update: Behzad Arabgol Released (Suspended Sentence)

The record for Behzad Arabgol was updated.



Status: Released (Suspended Sentence)
Prison: Rejaei Shahr (Gohardasht)
Notes:
Disabled war veteran; construction worker, married with small children. Worked for Moussavi campaign 27 Dec 2009: Arrested after Ashura protests Over 50 days in solitary 07 Jul 2010: Released after 6 months on $100,000 bail 27 Aug 2010: Summoned to court 08 Sept 2010: Summoned to court again 18 Jan 2011: Sentenced to 6 years total 18 Aug 2012: Reported summoned to Evin prison prosecutor's office and informed his final sentence is 4 years and he must report to prison by 5 September to serve his sentence http://www.rahesabz.net/story/57749/ 30 Apr 2013: Begins serving his sentence in Evin http://t.co/bLi6lymMEW 16 Jul 2013: Signs a letter to protest transfer of Dr. Nazeri to Zabol on a stretcher http://is.gd/bcjFVd 30 Dec 2013: Transferred to solitary j.mp/JHl1ex 31 Jan 2013: He launches hunger strike http://t.co/IwuYb9PQh9 04 Jan 2014: Back to Evin 350 j.mp/195qlEm 17 Apr 2014: Transferred to Evin 240 after raid against Evin 350 http://is.gd/TRQGHx 29 Apr 2014: Launches a dry hunger strike http://is.gd/QHB8I0 10 Jun 2014: Transferred to Rejaei Shahr http://is.gd/fopBou 17 Mar 15: Released on furlough http://j.mp/19ykd9J 29 Mar 15: Back to prison at the end of furlough http://j.mp/19uGzYx 26 May 15: Released on furlough http://j.mp/1dvixj4

Sentence: 4 years

Location/Home Town: 
Faith or Ethnicity: Baha'i
Occupation or Activity: Political activist

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