Prosecution Ban Issued for Turkish Activist in Iran

According to a report by the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, Nasim Sadeghi, a Turkish activist who was arrested last autumn on charges of “propaganda against the system, dissemination of false information via computer, and membership in opposition groups,” has been acquitted by Branch Two of the Tabriz Revolutionary Court of the charges of “dissemination of false information via computer and membership in opposition groups,” and a prosecution ban has been issued for her.

According to this report, the Tabriz Revolutionary Court continues to examine the charge of “propaganda against the system” against Ms. Sadeghi.

Ms. Nasim Sadeghi, a civil activist from Tabriz, was arrested by security forces on October 20 of last year, and on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, was temporarily released from Tabriz Central Prison with a bail of 150 million tomans pending the completion of legal proceedings and court hearings.

According to a report by Amnesty International, in 2018, more than seven thousand people, including demonstration participants, students, journalists, women’s rights activists, environmental activists, labor activists, and activists for ethnic and religious minority rights in Iran, were arrested and hundreds were sentenced to prison.

Source: Voice of America