IRAN - Pakhshan Azizi, a political detainee, sentenced to death

IRAN - Pakhshan Azizi

25 July 2024 :

July 23, 2024 - IRAN. Pakhshan Azizi, a political detainee, sentenced to death
Based on a verdict issued by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court and communicated to Ms. Azizi in Evin Prison on Tuesday, July 23rd, she was sentenced to death on multiple charges including “membership in anti-regime groups.” The court session to address the charges against this political detainee was held on May 28th of this year in the mentioned branch.
Ms. Azizi, a Kurdish journalist and Social Work graduate, was arrested on August 4, 2023, in Shahrak-e Kharrazi, Tehran. She endured over four months of detainment in the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison. Her relocation to the Women’s Ward at Evin on December 11, 2023, marked a significant shift after enduring extensive interrogation without legal counsel or communication with her family.
Ms. Azizi was formally charged in February of 2023 at Evin Courthouse, and her indictment was referred to Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
This isn’t her first encounter with authorities; she was previously arrested on November 16, 2009, during a Kurdish student protest at Tehran University, which was staged against the execution of political prisoners in Kurdistan. Her prior arrest led to her release on bail on March 19, 2010.
Reports from the Department of Statistics and Publication of HRANA in 2023 indicate a total of 193 cases in which Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, has been involved in issuing verdicts that infringe upon the human rights of defendants.

https://www.en-hrana.org/pakhshan-azizi-sentenced-to-death/
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2024/07/24/pakhshan-azizi-death-sentence/

 

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