human rights defender

Atena Farghadani

Actions and Campaigns

HRD's year of birth

1987

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Artist

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Children's rights
  • Civil and political rights
  • Women's rights

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Atena Farghadani is an Iranian artist and human rights activist known for her protest artworks against the Iranian government. Her paintings address issues such as the repression of political prisoners and children's rights. She was also prosecuted for releasing a video about prison conditions and the mistreatment of inmates. Atena Farghadani is considered a symbol of resistance and protest against the suppression of freedom of expression in Iran.

Detained since

Apr 13, 2024

Charge(s)

  • Anti-government propaganda
  • Blasphemy

Sentence

6 years in prison

Latitude: 35.79735164706754

Longitude: 51.38608608798995

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Asia: Southern Asia

Location of detention - City/Town

Tehran

Location of detention - Facility

Tehran, Evin Prison

Recent case update / evolution

Atena Farghadani, who has been held in Evin Prison for more than 50 days without a clear status, has recently been sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari.

Any other relevant documents

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison https://iranhumanrights.org/2024/04/target-on-her-back-tortured-woman-cartoonist-in-iran-must-be-released-from-prison/

Iran: Jailed Iranian artist on hunger strike: Atena Farghadani https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/MDE13/1094/2015/en/

Iran: Serious health fears for artist on prison hunger strike https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/03/imprisoned-iranian-artist-atena-farghadani-on-hunger-strike/

گزارش سازمان ملل؛ دو زندانی سیاسی زن وادار به آزمایش بکارت و حاملگی شده‌اند https://www.hra-news.org/2016/hranews/a-4450/

عفو بین الملل: آزادی آتنا فرقدانی در مورد دیگر زندانیان عقیدتی اعمال شود https://www.hra-news.org/2016/hranews/a-5391/

(نسخه کامل) هتک حرمت در بند زنان زندان اوین به روایت آتنا فرقدانی https://youtu.be/JtB5yFvyAwM?si=CceekFfHRFTNRSQp

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