Increased Pressure on Atena Daemi in Prison; Beating of Sohila Hijab
Reports published on social media networks and human rights media outlets indicate pressure exerted by officials of Lakan Prison in Rasht on Atena Daemi, the designer of a car logo gifted to Ceausescu in support of Iran’s LGBTQ community, the dismissal of the spokesperson of Tehran Teachers’ Professional Association from education, and the beating of Sohila Hijab in prison.
- Father of Atena Daemi Says His Daughter’s Life is in Danger in Lakan Prison of Rasht
Atena Daemi’s father reported on his Twitter account the intensification of pressure by officials of Lakan Prison in Rasht on Atena Daemi and wrote that “my daughter’s life is in danger.”
Hossein Daemi, Atena Daemi’s father, a detained civil activist, expressed concerns on Tuesday, October 3, in a series of tweets about his daughter’s condition in Lakan Prison of Rasht and wrote that Ms. Daemi, despite follow-ups, remains deprived of the right to phone contact.
Hossein Daemi, referring to some of the pressures exerted on this civil activist by prison officials, including the prison superintendent, wrote that the pressures on Atena have intensified following her disclosure of the conditions of prisoners held in this prison.
Atena Daemi had previously, in an audio file, alluded to the condition of non-political prisoners in Lakan Prison of Rasht, saying that these prisoners in Rasht Prison are like other prisons “display windows for the lies of the rulers, without having access to the slightest benefits.”
Sohila Hijab was sentenced by Tehran Revolutionary Court in March 2020 on charges of “propaganda against the system,” “assembly and conspiracy,” “disturbing public opinion with the intent to cause unrest,” “forming a group for women’s rights,” and “requesting a referendum and changing the Constitution” to 18 years imprisonment. This sentence was upheld on May 24, 2020, and this lawyer was arrested on that very day upon leaving court by the Sepah Tharalah of Tehran, with beating, and transferred to prison.
