Saturday 8 September 2012

Prisoner info for Navid Khanjani updated

The record for Navid Khanjani was updated.

Status: Arrested
Prison: n/a
Notes:
Student and civil activist, member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters and founder of Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination. Denied university education 2 Mar 2010: Arrested at home and transferred to Evin solitary (not 209 ) 3 May 2010: Released on 100000 USD bail 21 Jun 2010: final defense 31 Jan 2011: Sentenced to 12 years prison 25 Jul 2011: Summoned to Ministry of Information 23 Aug 2011: Sentence of 12 years and fine upheld on appeal 22 Aug 2012: Arrested when helping earthquake victims and sent to Tabriz Intel http://hra-news.org/1389-01-27-05-27-51/13329-1.html Immediately begins a hunger strike to protest the arrests http://sahamnews.net/1391/06/235371/ 06 Sep 2012: Family report he has been granted bail http://chrr.biz/spip.php?article18682 08 Sep 2012: Reported transferred to Evin

Sentence: 12 years + fine

Location/Home Town: Esfahan
Faith or Ethnicity: Baha'i
Occupation or Activity: Journalist, Human Rights Activist

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