Hengameh Shahidi, journalist, blogger, member of the national party consultant trust and its Secretary General Mehdi Karrubi, was born on May 14, 1975 Mashhad. She is a correspondent for international affairs and politics and has a degree in journalism and another communications. She spent her doctorate in communication in Britain but has been banned from school because of his detention.
She was a candidate for Tehran and suburbs of the party "Rebuilding Iran [Iran Kargozaran Sazandeghi] of the 2nd Session of the Islamic Council for legislative elections. She was also consultant to the National Party Youth for the past two years as president of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami. She won first prize at the 11th festival of the press for her reporting during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Detention
Hengameh Shahidi was first arrested and transferred to isolation Block 209 in Evin June 30, 2009 during the great wave of arrests that hit political activists and journalists after the 10th presidential election in Iran. During her incarceration, she was under enormous psychological pressure and physical as to make false confessions. After four months in prison, she was released on 1 November 2009 under a bond of $ 90,000. Despite his release, Hengameh Shahidi was always harassed by officers of the Ministry of Intelligence. They demanded that she prepare a false confession television but she refused to obey. The appellate court had not yet ruled on her case that she was again arrested and transferred to Evin February 25, 2010.
Charges and Verdict
his release from jail, Judge Pir Abassi of the 26th of the Revolutionary Court sentenced Hengameh Shahidi one year imprisonment on charges of "propaganda against the system" under sections 499, 500, 609, 610, 611 and 47 of Islamic Penal Code, to 5 years imprisonment on charges of "collusion and acting against national security of the country" and 95 days imprisonment for "slurs against the president."
On February 27, 2010, counsel for Shahidi Hengameh announced that due to the lighter verdict for insults against the president, his verdict was reduced to 6 years, 3 months and one day imprisonment and a fine of $ 50 to be settled in cash. It should be mentioned that Hengameh Shahidi was arrested two days before the verdict when she was summoned to the 54th Chamber of the Court of Appeal.
Monitoring
Hengameh Shahidi was able to meet his family for the first time in a car March 25, 2010. She suffers from heart problems making his incarceration even more painful. March 25, his lawyers have sent a formal request for provisional release to justice. April 25, the mother of Hengameh Shahidi announced his transfer to the infirmary Evin. Despite his condition, she returned to the general section on April 26. At a visit his family May 28, 2010, she asked her family to go to the Supreme Court under section 18 of the constitution, because of the illegal nature of his arrest, the techniques used in interrogations and unjust result of 6 years in prison.
On May 29, 2010, Hengameh Shahidi who was, like many other political prisoners, held in a block reserved for dangerous criminals, was attacked by a junkie. It is noteworthy that despite his heart problems, his poor physical condition and its urgent need for surgery, Prison authorities deny it is always neat.
In July 2009, prison authorities have denied Hengameh Shahidi telephone conversations with his family for two months. Like many other prisoners, although it needed to be careful, she never got a provisional release. On 10 September 2010, the Tehran prosecutor announced that she would be released on provisional bail 60.000USD cons. Through the efforts of his lawyers and his family, the amount of bail was eventually reduced. On October 28, 2010, Hengameh Shahidi was able to leave prison for medical reasons after more than nine months behind bars. His provisional release ended November 18, 2010 and on his return to Evin, she was transferred to the block "methadone." On 7 December 2010, she was again transferred to the General section.
On December 23, 2010, Shahidi has sent a letter complaining about the leadership of the Islamic republic to the UN Secretary-General through his lawyers. She said: " Although the constitution of the Islamic Republic state that political defendants are entitled to a public trial with a jury, the authorities of the Islamic Republic have transformed all legal proceedings in the trial staged in private and without a jury. These trials are run by security officers who report directly to the Supreme Leader, which is contrary to the laws of our nation, and they condemn the defendants to sentences long and unjust. "
Source: http://www.rahana.org/prisoners-en/?p=1406
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