Feminism Friday - Iran is jailing women's rights activists
Seven human rights groups including Amnesty International have urged Iran to set aside a prison sentence for women's rights activist Delaram Ali. She was sentenced to 39 months in jail and to be flogged with 10 lashes for the "crime" of participation in a peaceful gathering of women’s rights defenders in June 2006, in Hafte Tir Square, which ended with police violence and brutality and the arrest of 70 protesters. Other women sentenced in connection with that rally are Fariba Davoodi Mohajer: three years suspended sentence and 1 year prison term; Nooshin Ahmadi Khorasani: two years suspended sentence and 6 months jail term; Parvin Ardalan: two years suspended sentence and 6 months jail term; Shahla Entesari: two years suspended sentence and 6 months jail term; Sussan Tahmasebi: one year and 6 months suspended sentence and 6 months jail term; Azadeh Forghani: two years suspended sentence; and Bahareh Hedayat: two years suspended sentence.
Jelveh Javaheri was arrested on Saturday for creating an Iranian women's rights web site, Change for Equality (Taghyir bara-ye Barabari). This site has a report from Maryam Hosseinkhah who is also in prison now.
Hana Abdi was arrested on November 4 and is being held incommunicada; her family does not know her whereabouts. Her colleague Ronak Safarzadeh was arrested on October 9, and is being held with no access to lawyers.
These women are leaders in the One Million Signatures Campaign, petitioning to change Iran's discriminatory laws. Over 30 women's rights activists have been arrested in Tehran this year. Most of them have been taken to Evin Prison, infamous for its cruel treatment of prisoners. Mothers of these activists have made a web site in Persian, Mothers for Peace (Madaran-e Solh).
Take action now to help get these women released!
Jelveh Javaheri was arrested on Saturday for creating an Iranian women's rights web site, Change for Equality (Taghyir bara-ye Barabari). This site has a report from Maryam Hosseinkhah who is also in prison now.
Hana Abdi was arrested on November 4 and is being held incommunicada; her family does not know her whereabouts. Her colleague Ronak Safarzadeh was arrested on October 9, and is being held with no access to lawyers.
These women are leaders in the One Million Signatures Campaign, petitioning to change Iran's discriminatory laws. Over 30 women's rights activists have been arrested in Tehran this year. Most of them have been taken to Evin Prison, infamous for its cruel treatment of prisoners. Mothers of these activists have made a web site in Persian, Mothers for Peace (Madaran-e Solh).
Take action now to help get these women released!