human rights defender

Golrokh Iraee

Actions and Campaigns

HRD's year of birth

1980

HRD's Gender

Woman

Type of HRD

  • Social and community leader
  • Whistle blower

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights
  • Economic, social and cultural rights
  • Fight against impunity
  • Women's rights

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is an Iranian writer and human rights activist known for her criticism of stoning practices and advocacy for women's rights. She was sentenced to prison in 2014 for writing an unpublished story on the topic. After her release in 2019, she continued her activism and was re-arrested during the 2022 protests following Mahsa Amini's death. In April 2023, she received a new prison sentence for her activism, highlighting ongoing repression against human rights defenders in Iran

Detained since

Sep 26, 2022

Charge(s)

  • Anti-government propaganda
  • Creating disturbances

Sentence

5 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

Ms. Iraee was sentenced to 7 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, and additionally to 2 years of prohibition from leaving the country, 2 years of prohibition from being present in Tehran, 2 years of prohibition from participating in parties, groups, and factions, and the confiscation of her mobile phone as supplementary punishments. This sentence was reduced to 5 years in prison by Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals, presided over by Judges Abbasali Hozan and Khosrow Khalili Mahdirji. She was also sentenced as part of the supplementary punishment to a two-year ban on membership in parties, groups, and factions, a ban on being present in Tehran, a prohibition on leaving the country, and the confiscation of her mobile phone.

Any other relevant documents

Golrokh Iraee – Telegram 1 https://t.me/hranews/55487

سازمان دیده‌بان حقوق بشر خواستار آزادی گلرخ ایرایی شد https://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-310/

Impunity for human rights violations in Iran, International Humanist and Ethical Union https://humanists.international/advocacy-statement/impunity-for-human-rights-violation-in-iran/

Golrokh Iraee – USCIRF Profile https://www.uscirf.gov/religious-prisoners-conscience/forb-victims-database/golrokh-ebrahimi-iraee

Golrokh Iraee – Telegram 2 https://t.me/hranews/56007

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