Shiva Nazar Ahari
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Shiva Nazar Ahari (born 1984) (Persian: شیوا نظر آهاری) is a notable Iranian human rights activist and a founding member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters. She has been jailed several times by the Iranian government. The last time was 14 June 2009 and she was held in Evin prison until September 23, 2009 when she was released on an equivalent of a $200,000 bail.[1] She was in solitary confinement for 33 days.[2][3] On December 21, 2009 she was arrested once again along with several other activists who were on their way to the city of Qom to attend the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.[4]
The most recent hearing was held on September 4, 2010 at the 26th branch of Islamic Revolutionary Court of the Tehran Province with charges including "attempts to deface the Islamic government", "assembly with intention of conspiring against the Islamic government", "disturbing the public peace of mind" and moharebeh or "waging war against God". Since her arrest, the court proceeding has met with strong international criticism, the allegation being that it was as an illegal measure taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran to further repress the rights of dissent and freedom of speech in the country, and her immediate release has been called for.[5][6][7][8][9]
After 266 days in prison, she was released on September 12, 2010 on a bail of five billion Iranian rials roughly equivalent to over $ 500,000.[10]
On Sunday, March 13 2011, it was announced that Shiva Nazar Ahari was the 2011 recipient of the Theodor Haecker prize for "courageous internet reporting on human rights violations".[11] The prize is named after Theodor Haecker, a philosopher, writer and anti-Nazi cultural critic.
[edit] Sources
- ^ http://www.mowjcamp.org/article/id/36798
- ^ http://chrr.us/spip.php?article4778
- ^ Women's rights activist and lawyer violently arrested in Iran, says Amnesty International, July 17, 2009
- ^ Number of Activists Arrested on the Way to Qom, Persian2English blog, December 21, 2009
- ^ Iran: Human rights defender must be released: Further Information, 23 August 2010
- ^ Petition for the release of blogger and activist Shiva Nazar Ahari
- ^ TAKE ACTION | Global Campaign in Support of Shiva Nazar Ahari: “We Are All Shiva”
- ^ CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF SHIVA NAZAR AHARI Human right defender detained at Evin prison
- ^ Courageous and Principled: Shiva Nazar Ahari by MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles, 28 August 2010
- ^ شیوا نظرآهاری آزاد شد
- ^ [1]
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