#Human Rights
Target:
Ahmed Shaheed , Amnesty , UN, Navi Pillay,HRW, EU members Ban Ki Moon
Region:
Iran
Website:
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* UPDATE CHRR 10 April 2013

Committee of Human Rights Reporters – On the afternoon of Tuesday April 9th around 35 political prisoners were unexpectedly released from Evin prison.

According to news provided to CHRR, Saman Hamidi, Amir Gorshasabi, Ghourbian, Sedaghat, Lahouti, Ali Shariati, Abolfazl Ghasemi, and Javad Zakeni are among the released.

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Student activist sent to jail

The Iranian judiciary has confirmed the prison sentences of Iranian student activist Amir Garshasbi.

The Kaleme website reports that Amir Garshasbi, an electronics student at Shiraz Sanati University, was handed a three-year sentence and has been transferred to Evin Prison to serve it out.

He was charged with “assembly and collusion with the aim of disturbing national security.”

Garshasbi was also arrested in December of 2009 in the mass protests against the controversial presidential elections that were marred by allegations of vote rigging.

Immediate & Unconditional Release of Iranian student activist Amir Garshasbi.

The FREE Iranian Student Activist Amir Garshasbi petition to Ahmed Shaheed , Amnesty , UN, Navi Pillay,HRW, EU members Ban Ki Moon was written by Anette Meyer and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.