Ali Shariati (political activist)
Ali Shariati | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Iran |
| Known for | Prisoner of conscience, hunger strike |
Ali Shariati (born 1988) (Persian: علی شریعتی) is an Iranian activist and political prisoner.[1] He was arrested in the demonstrations following acid attacks on women in Isfahan,[2] (which was widely believed to be ignored by the authorities) and went on a 61-day long hunger strike demanding "just judiciary process".[3][4][5][6]
Activism
Ali Shariati is a graduate in architecture. He was first arrested on February 14, 2011, when Iranians who protested the 2009 elections were expressing solidarity with the Tunisian popular uprisings. He stayed in Evin's solitary confinement for a month. In his trial he was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment and lashing. Later it was reduced to a year, and the lashing was forgiven. He was released after eight months.
On June 13, 2014 Ali was arrested in a peaceful demonstrations in Tehran protesting the house arrest of The Leaders of Green Movement. He was accused of propaganda against the regime, but he was bailed and released.
On February 18, 2015 he was arrested in his house. Within two court sessions, he was accused of defamation, insulting the Supreme Leader, and organizing demonstrations against acid attacks in Iran. On September 11, 2015, he was sentenced to 12 years and 9 months of imprisonment . His sentence was later reduced to 5 years in the appeal court in June 2016.
Ali Shariati was arrested and taken to prison without any notice on October 10, 2016.[7]
Hunger Strike
Starting on October 10, 2016 he went on a hunger strike against the "unjust" process he had been through and stated that he wouldn't stop the strike till his demand of liberation is met.[8] His strike was only one of the numerous hunger strike cases of Iranian political prisoners in the same period with everyone having the same demands of a fair judiciary process. For a few days he refused to drink as well but as his conditions started to worsen he got back to wet hunger strike. In a letter he stated that he had fainted several times during the dry hunger strike days and had had an apnea once. He was then transferred to the prison clinic where he was denied a cellphone. On December 25, 2016 he was transferred to the hospital. Doctors refuse to allow the authorities to take him back to prison due to the high risk.
According to his family he has so far lost 20 kg and has collapsed once during one of the visits. Ali Shariati's mom in an interview stated that his hunger strike has faced a significant ignorance by the authorities.[9]
Shariati ended his hunger strike on January 14, 2017 following requests from his family and the ex-president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami.[10]
References
- ^ علوی, شاهد (29 December 2016). "اعتصاب غذای طولانی هفت زندانی در ایران". BBC Persian (in Persian).
- ^ "علی شریعتی، فعال سیاسی سبز بازداشت شد". .: سحام نیوز - Sahamnews :. (in Persian). 31 December 2016.
- ^ "More than 50 days on hunger strike: Iranian political prisoners are slowly dying". www.payvand.com.
- ^ "اعتصاب غذای علی شریعتی در اعتراض به اجرای حکم پنج سال زندان برای شرکت در تجمع مسالمت آمیز علیه اسید پاشی : کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر در ایران". persian.iranhumanrights.org (in Persian). Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "وصیت‌نامه علی شریعتی در هفتمین روز اعتصاب غذای خشک از زندان: شرافتم را به قیمت کمتر از جانم نمی‌فروشم « سایت خبری تحلیلی کلمه". www.kaleme.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "علی شریعتی، فعال سیاسی زندانی، اعتصاب غذای خود را تشدید کرد". صدای آمریکا (in Persian).
- ^ "علی شریعتی، فعال سیاسی سبز بازداشت شد". .: سحام نیوز - Sahamnews :. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ^ "وصیت‌نامه علی شریعتی در هفتمین روز اعتصاب غذای خشک از زندان: شرافتم را به قیمت کمتر از جانم نمی‌فروشم « سایت خبری تحلیلی کلمه". www.kaleme.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ^ "مادر علی شریعتی سه هفته پس از اعتصاب غذا: مسئولان زندان حتی برای پرسیدن دلیل اعتصاب هم سراغ پسرم نرفته‌اند". صدای مردم (in Persian). 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
- ^ "علی شریعتی اعتصاب غذای خود را شکست". BBC Persian (in Persian). 14 January 2017.