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'''Mehdi Rajabian''' ({{lang-fa| مهدی رجبیان}}) is born in October 1989 in [[Sari, Iran|Sari]] (a city in north of [[Iran]]) who is the composer, the musician and the founder of the website |
'''Mehdi Rajabian''' ({{lang-fa| مهدی رجبیان}}) is born in October 1989 in [[Sari, Iran|Sari]] (a city in north of [[Iran]]) who is the composer, the musician and the founder of the website Barg music. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 14:02, 14 April 2016
Mehdi Rajabian | |
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Born | 1989 Sari |
Nationality | Iranian |
Education | Music |
Occupation | Musician – Founder of the Great Website Barg music |
Years active | 2007–present |
Mehdi Rajabian (Persian: مهدی رجبیان) is born in October 1989 in Sari (a city in north of Iran) who is the composer, the musician and the founder of the website Barg music.
Personal life
He learnt the hierarchies of the Iranian music during a few years commencing the learning from the masters of the traditional music and recorded and played several albums, e.g. "Research Album of the History of Iran narrated by Setar" as the sitarist, composer and producer.[1][2][3] He has also worked as the sound recordist and the sound recording director in the several music albums. Rajabian was also a student in relation with his professional music activity; after he was arrested in 2013, he was ceased on continuing education in this field.[4][5]
Activities and arrest
Mehdi Rajabian officially participated and monitored the quality of the publication and the music composition.[6] He was arrested by Iranian security forces on 5 October 2013 in his office and transferred to Ward 2 of Evin Prison[7][8] and each one was sentenced more than two months in solitary confinement,[9][10] while this arrest ceased his personal project.[11] When Mehdi Rajabian was arrested, he was recording "Research Album of History of Iran narrated by Setar", his personal studio, all recordings, hard drives of recorded music were confiscated and the project became silent.[12][13]
Reactions against arrest
The arrest of Mehdi Rajabian followed many reactions as Saeid Boumedouha's lecture, the head of Middle East and North Africa Amnesty International Organization can be noted in this regard.[14] After the protests, Amnesty International via all of its branches around the world[15][16][17] launched a campaign and acquired to release this artist and then more than twenty thousand artists across the world joined this campaign.[18][19][20] However, before that, the international Free Muse, as the most important institution to track the status of the music artists around the world, launched a campaign and requested all artists in the world to accompany Mehdi Rajabian and protest the prison sentence of this artist.[21] In this campaign, the International PEN Club, the Council of Europe Artists, Songwriters and Composers Council of Europe and twenty other associations joined with Ferry Muse.[22][23] Of course, before that, the annual report of Ahmad Shahid, the UN representative for Human Rights in Iran and the letters of more than four hundred musicians and media members were handed to Ali Jannati, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.[24][25][26][27][28]
Trial sentence
The case of Mehdi Rajabian was investigated in summer 2015 in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court by Judge Mughiseh and finally he was charged of unauthorized art activity and insulting religious sanctities and advertisement against the regime and sentenced for six-year prison and fine. This sentence was on appeal to three years imprisonment in Branch 54 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court and three years of suspended sentence.[29][30][31][32][33][34]
Mehdi Rajabian’s protest
On Music Freedom Day, "Free Muse" (the international organization for advocating freedom of expression in the field of music) and the website of Music Freedom Day supported the protest movement of Mehdi Rajabian. He protested and announced in his Instagram page that his only property is his Setar to be sold to pay the fine as a part of the sentence. Fairy Muse and the website of Music Freedom Day devoted many pages supporting the protest movement of this Iranian artist. Muse Freeman Foundation supported the sale of Mehdi Rajabian's instrument.[35][36][37][38]
External links
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- PEN International
- Amnesty campaign
- Music free day
- An important spanish journal
- Iran usembassy
- Harana agency
- Coverage By Guardian
- Amnesty International
- Amnesty International UK Petition
- Amnesty Switzerland Urgent Action
- Amnesty Deutschland Urgent Action
- International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
- culture action europe
- Covereage by El Espanol
- Covereage by CNN Arabic
- Covereage by AL JAZEERA Arabic
- Arabic news reports on the imprisonment sentence of Mehdi Rajabian
- Arabic.RT
References
- ^ "Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced". Freemuse. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Underground Music Distributors Await Appeal Decision for Six Years in Prison". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iranian Music Distributors Sentenced to Three Years in Prison". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Music Is Not A Crime – Voice Project". Voice Project. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "IRGC Forces Arrest Music Distributors, Pressure Them to Confess on Television". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Artists Sentenced to Prison". en.iranwire.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2013/12/bargmusic/
- ^ "3 Artists Sentenced to Imprisonment and Fine by the Appeal Court of Tehran". Hrana – News Agancy. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/12/mehdi-rajabian/
- ^ https://en.iranwire.com/features/6959/
- ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (24 March 2016). "Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced". Freemuse. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Quash six year prison sentences for three artists". www.amnesty.ie. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists". www.amnesty.ca. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iranian musicians, filmmaker at risk of arrest – Amnesty Urgent Actions". ua.amnesty.ch. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Haftstrafen bestätigt". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/iranian-filmmaker-sentenced-hossein-mehdi-rajabian-yousef-emadi/
- ^ https://www.amnesty.org/en/press-releases/2016/03/iran-tortured-filmmaker-and-musicians-face-imminent-arrest-amid-crackdown-on-artists/
- ^ http://freemuse.org/archives/11651
- ^ http://cultureactioneurope.org/news/arj-carries-an-international-campaign-for-human-rights-in-iran/
- ^ http://www.pen-international.org/01/2016/call-on-iranian-authorities-to-drop-charges-on-two-musicians-and-a-filmmaker/
- ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (24 March 2016). "Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: 165 Iranian artists and activists protest charges against two musicians and a filmmaker". Artsfreedom. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: 165 Iranian artists and activists protest charges against two musicians and a filmmaker". Freemuse. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/12/mehdi-rajabian/
- ^ "Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (24 March 2016). "Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker". Freemuse. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Iran: Two musicians and a filmmaker sentenced". Freemuse. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Judge's Tirade Bodes Poorly for Independent Music Producers in Iran". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Underground Music Distributors Await Appeal Decision for Six Years in Prison". International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.pen-international.org/01/2016/call-on-iranian-authorities-to-drop-charges-on-two-musicians-and-a-filmmaker/
- ^ "Mehdi Rajabian on Instagram: ". سازم را برای فروش می گذارم تا بتونم جریمه های حکم صادر شده را بدهم. تمام دارایی من سازم است چیزی جز این برایم نمانده و همین ساز که با آن…"". Instagram. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "MusicFreedomDay " Music Freedom Day: Musician sentenced to imprisonment sells instrument to pay fine". musicfreedomday.org. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ http://musicfreedomday.org/?p=2297
- ^ http://www.freemuse.org/archives/11855