On July 25, 2020, pupil and ladies’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat was sentenced to 4 years and eight months in jail for peacefully protesting after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted to taking pictures down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in January 2020, killing all 176 civilians on board.
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On July 25, Bahareh Hedayat was knowledgeable by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran that she was sentenced to 4 years for “meeting and conspiracy with the intent to commit crimes in opposition to nationwide safety” for her involvement in protests condemning the killing of civilians on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, and eight months for “propaganda in opposition to the state” for her tweets in regards to the incident. If the sentence is upheld, Bahareh Hedayat will serve a long run, particularly 4 years in jail below Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, which supplies that in circumstances of a number of convictions, the defendant can solely serve the longest sentence. The protection plans to attraction the sentence, which additionally bans her from collaborating in any social and political actions for 2 years and imposes three months of group service.
“The sentence is only a few years in jail and another restrictions, however the 176 [who died in the plane crash] Like these killed in November, they aren’t coming again. [2019]This refers back to the lots of of individuals killed by state safety forces throughout mass protests that swept throughout the nation in November 2019.
On February 9, 2020, the human rights activist was arrested and detained for 9 days after what was described as “inciting protests in opposition to the aircraft crash by means of varied tweets” she posted on January 11, 2020. She was subsequently launched on bail.
Frontline Defenders is critically involved in regards to the sentence of human rights defender Bahareh Hedayat, which seems to be retaliation for her peaceable and lawful work defending human rights in Iran.