human rights defender
Maryam Jalal Hosseini
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Medical assistance. Ms. Jalal-Hosseini suffers from physical ailments, including kidney disease, and is in need of specialized medical treatment. Despite this, she has been denied transfer to medical facilities outside the prison and proper medical care.
Organization affiliation
- Teachers' Union
HRD's year of birth
1983
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Academic
- NGO member
- Social and community leader
- Trade union leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Women's rights
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Maryam Jalal-Hosseini, a teacher based in Tehran, is known for her union and social activism. She was arrested in May 2023 during a nationwide teachers' protest and had previously been detained during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising. As an advocate for teachers' rights in Iran, Jalal-Hosseini has participated in union protests and has repeatedly faced repression and arrest. Her efforts to defend teachers' rights and educational justice have placed her under significant security pressures.
Detained since
Sep 16, 2023
Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Other
- Subversion
Sentence
6 years in prison
Latitude: 35.802152157213996
Longitude: 50.868913540345964
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, Kachouei Prison, Karaj
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Ms. Jalal Hosseini went on a hunger strike in protest against the lack of response to her demands. After being threatened with transfer to another prison by the authorities, she ended her strike. Mr. Shojaei, the head of the enforcement branch, informed this political prisoner that no leave would be granted to her. She also suffers from physical health issues, including kidney disease, and requires specialized treatment. Despite this, she has been denied transfer to medical centers outside the prison and proper medical care. https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49529/
Recent case update / evolution
Maryam Jalal Hosseini, a political prisoner, was granted furlough from Kachouei Prison in Karaj on December 10, 2025
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1983
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Academic
- NGO member
- Social and community leader
- Trade union leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Women's rights
- Organization affiliation
- Teachers' Union
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Maryam Jalal-Hosseini, a teacher based in Tehran, is known for her union and social activism. She was arrested in May 2023 during a nationwide teachers' protest and had previously been detained during the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising. As an advocate for teachers' rights in Iran, Jalal-Hosseini has participated in union protests and has repeatedly faced repression and arrest. Her efforts to defend teachers' rights and educational justice have placed her under significant security pressures.
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: Southern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Tehran
- Location of detention - Facility
- Tehran, Kachouei Prison, Karaj
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 35.802152157213996
Longitude: 50.868913540345964
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Sep 16, 2023
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Anti-government propaganda
- Other
- Subversion
- Sentence
6 years in prison
- Recent case update / evolution
Maryam Jalal Hosseini, a political prisoner, was granted furlough from Kachouei Prison in Karaj on December 10, 2025
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
Ms. Jalal Hosseini went on a hunger strike in protest against the lack of response to her demands. After being threatened with transfer to another prison by the authorities, she ended her strike. Mr. Shojaei, the head of the enforcement branch, informed this political prisoner that no leave would be granted to her. She also suffers from physical health issues, including kidney disease, and requires specialized treatment. Despite this, she has been denied transfer to medical centers outside the prison and proper medical care. https://www.hra-news.org/2024/hranews/a-49529/
- Urgent support needed
Medical assistance. Ms. Jalal-Hosseini suffers from physical ailments, including kidney disease, and is in need of specialized medical treatment. Despite this, she has been denied transfer to medical facilities outside the prison and proper medical care.
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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