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14 October 2014. She was detained in solitary confinement for 41 days and transferred to
Gharchak Varamin Prison on 5 November 2014. On 2 November 2014, Ms. Ghavami’s
lawyer announced that he had been shown court documents stating that Ms. Ghavmi was
found guilty and had been sentenced to one year in prison. Ms. Ghavami was released on
bail on 23 November 2014.
151. Ms. Mahdieh Golroo, a student and women rights activist who had previously
served 30 months in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt
national security” and “propaganda against the system” following the 2009 protest, was
arrested by the IRGC on 26 October 2014, and transferred to Ward 2A of Evin Prison.
Ms. Golroo was detained for a total of months. She was not informed of the charges against
her nor allowed access to legal counsel. Ms. Golroo was released on 27 January on bail and
expected to return on her trial date.
152. Ms. Akram Neghabi (the mother of Mr. Saeed Zeynali, who has been missing since
his arrest in 1999 by security forces,) has been arrested on several occasions for pursuing
and speaking out against the disappearance of her son. Ms. Neghabi has been detained and
put in solitary confinement for 63 days. She is currently not detained yet; she still faces the
risk of arrest and prosecution. Ms. Neghabi’s son, Mr. Zeynali, is a 23-year-old student,
who was arrested at his home in 1999 by plainclothes security forces. Mr. Zeynali was not
involved in any serious political activity, except for protests to push then-President Khatami
to follow up on campaign promises and to put an end to the “chain” serial killings. After
months of searching, family members learned that Mr. Zeynali had been arrested by
Revolutionary Guards and taken to an unknown location. Since then he has been missing,
with no information about his whereabouts and/or fate forthcoming.
153. Ms. Atena Farghdani, an artist and child rights activist was arrested in August 2014
and detained for 2.5 months in Ward 2A of Evin Prison. On 10 January 2015 she was
transferred to Gharchak prison after being sentenced by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary
Court on charges of “propaganda against the system,” “assembly and collusion against the
system,” “insulting” Members of Parliament, and “insulting members” of the IRGC and
three branches of Government during her interrogation. The guards at the Revolutionary
Court allegedly beat Ms. Farghdani when she requested to visit her mother before being
transferred to prison.124 After her release from Ward 21, Ms. Farghdani wrote in an open
letter to the President’s and the Supreme Leader’s offices informing them that women’s
restrooms in Ward 2A of Evin prison are allegedly being monitored by security cameras.
Ms. Farghdani emphasized that she had previously filed a complaint about the security
cameras and mistreatment by prison authorities, but that neither were investigated.
Ms. Farghdani began a hunger strike protesting Gharchak prison conditions on 9 February
2015. She is reportedly in very poor health as a result of her hunger strike, and has possibly
been transferred to a hospital. On 2 March 2015 it was reported that authorities might have
agreed to transfer her to Evin Prison on the condition that she end her hunger strike.
154. On 2 March 2015, Ms. Negar Haeri was released on bail from Gharchak Prison. She
had apparently been detained without charges against her in July 2014. Ms. Haeri, a lawyer,
appears to have been targeted by authorities on multiple occasions due to family members’
affiliation with the MKO organization.125
155. Ms. Nazafarin Sabouri, advocates for her brother Mr. Alireza Sabouri, who was shot
near a basij station while attending the “silent march” on 15 June 2009, following the 2009
presidential election. According to Ms. Sabouri, one of the bullets fired from the station
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