Friday , 26 April 2024

IRAN: ACTIVIST’S SENTENCE INCREASED TO 15 YEARS: ABBAS LESANI

Amnesty – Azerbaijani Turkic activist, Abbas Lesani, arbitrarily imprisoned in Ardabil prison, Ardabil province, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an appeal court after a grossly unfair trial. The appeal proceedings were presided over by a judge who had filed the charges against him in his previous capacity as prosecutor. In July 2020, the Supreme Court rejected his request for a judicial review.

https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1331302020ENGLISH.pdf

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