Prisoner of conscience Maryam Shafi’ Pour has had her seven-year prison sentence reduced to four years on appeal. Maryam Shafi’ Pour’s sentence was reduced to four years’ imprisonment on 28 May, by Branch 54 of the Appeals Court of Tehran. Activist Maryam Shafi’ Pour had been sentenced to seven years in prison on 2 […]
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Student activist given seven year prison term in continuing crackdown
Iran’s authorities must quash the conviction of a 27-year-old student who received a seven year prison sentence because of her peaceful political activities, said Amnesty International. Maryam Shafi’ Pour had been a member of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s presidential campaign during the 2009 elections. “That a student could be jailed for seven years merely […]
Amnesty International : Iranian student held for peaceful activism, Maryam Shafi’ Pour
Banned student activist Maryam Shafi’ Pour has been detained for over five months on charges apparently related to her peaceful political activism. Student activist Maryam Shafi’ Pour, who has been banned from pursuing higher education, has been detained since 27 July 2013. She spent over two months in solitary confinement in Section 209 of […]
No information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition
There is no information about Maryam Shafi Pour’s condition after three days of being under arrest. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Maryam Shafi Pour, the former student of Qazvin international university who was arrested on Saturday July 27, has had no telephone contact with her family yet. She […]