Edelstamprize.org – The Harald Edelstam Foundation today presents the name of the Laureate of the first Edelstam Prize, Mrs. Bahareh Hedayat.
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Letter by women’s rights and student activist Bahareh Hedayat
Today Amin Ahmadian posted a new letter on Facebook that his imprisoned wife Bahareh Hedayat wrote to him for the occasion of their four-year wedding anniversary and her 31st birthday. Both events fall on April 5.
Jailed student activist gets human rights award
Jailed Iranian student activist Bahareh Hedayat has been awarded the first Harald Edelstam Prize for her “outstanding courage and commitment to justice” and for actively working “against the violation of Human Rights in Iran.”
Two years have passed since Bahareh Hedayat’s arrest, and she’s still locked up behind bars.
Three full days had passed from the 2009 mass Ashura protests (December 27) when student activist Bahareh Hedayat, who was 28 years old at the time, was arrested and transferred to the notorious Evin prison. It was during these turbulent times in Iran that bright and goodhearted people like Bahareh had to pay […]
Activists’ jail terms lengthened
An Iranian appeals court has approved new sentences for three prominent student activists who are already serving out earlier sentences.
Hedayat Qazanfari, friend of the Sahabi family, Detained
Hedayat Qazanfari, a close friend of the Sahabi family, was detained in front of the Hojjatebnalhassan Mosque.