human rights defender
Fouad Fathi
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Medical care for treatment of a lung infection
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- Trade union leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Labour rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Foad Fathi can be considered one of the prominent activists who has dedicated his life to defending the rights of workers and the underprivileged segments of society. With remarkable courage and steadfastness, he has remained committed to social justice and improving the living conditions of workers, despite threats, arrests, and security pressures.
Detained since
Nov 3, 2023
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Other
Sentence
Mr. Fouad Fathi has been sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment.
Latitude: 35.794635633448856
Longitude: 51.38239860360046
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Tehran
Location of detention - Facility
Evin Prison
Recent case update / evolution
For the second time, the request for conditional release of Mr. Fouad Fathi has been denied due to opposition from the judicial officer. This is despite the fact that, including the period of his detention, Mr. Fathi has served one-third of his sentence. Furthermore, Mr. Fathi, who suffers from a lung infection, continues to be deprived of specialized medical treatment outside the prison despite the worsening of his condition.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- Trade union leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Labour rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Foad Fathi can be considered one of the prominent activists who has dedicated his life to defending the rights of workers and the underprivileged segments of society. With remarkable courage and steadfastness, he has remained committed to social justice and improving the living conditions of workers, despite threats, arrests, and security pressures.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Tehran
- Location of detention - Facility
- Evin Prison
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 35.794635633448856
Longitude: 51.38239860360046
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Nov 3, 2023
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Other
- Sentence
Mr. Fouad Fathi has been sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment.
- Recent case update / evolution
For the second time, the request for conditional release of Mr. Fouad Fathi has been denied due to opposition from the judicial officer. This is despite the fact that, including the period of his detention, Mr. Fathi has served one-third of his sentence. Furthermore, Mr. Fathi, who suffers from a lung infection, continues to be deprived of specialized medical treatment outside the prison despite the worsening of his condition.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Mr. Fathi, who suffers from a lung infection, continues to be deprived of specialized medical treatment outside the prison despite the worsening of his condition.
https://www.hra-news.org/2025/hranews/a-52859/
- Urgent support needed
Medical care for treatment of a lung infection
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