Tuesday , 23 April 2024

IRAN: FURTHER INFORMATION: YOUNG ACTIVIST GIVEN 24-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE: SABA KORDAFSHARI

Amnesty – Iranian women’s rights defender Saba Kordafshari, 22, learned in May 2020 that judicial authorities had unlawfully and secretly increased her prison sentence from nine to 24 years by altering an appeal verdict from November 2019, which had quashed her conviction for a charge that carried 15 years in prison. She must be immediately and unconditionally released as she is held solely for her human rights work including campaigning against Iran’s discriminatory forced veiling laws.

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