GOLROKH EBRAHIMI IRAEE
Escritora, detenida por la Guardia Revolucionaria de la República Islámica de Irán y condenada a 6 años de prisión por escribir contra la práctica de las lapidaciones en su país. Su marido también está cumpliendo condena.Ver citas anteriores
Iran: Writer arrested in violent raid on her house following prison sentence for story about stoning
The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, following her arrest today, Amnesty International urged.
Despite the fact that no official summons has been issued, Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee’s home was raided this morning by officials, who violently broke through her front door before taking her to Evin Prison in Tehran. It appears that she has been taken to the women’s ward to begin serving her six-year sentence. She has been convicted of charges including “insulting Islamic sanctities,” for writing an unpublished story about the horrific practice of stoning in Iran. Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee’s husband, Arash Sadeghi, a human rights activist and prisoner of conscience, has since started a hunger strike in protest at her imprisonment.
“Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is the latest young writer and activist to be caught up in Iran’s relentless crackdown on artistic expression. Her imprisonment for peacefully voicing her opposition to stoning is a terrible injustice and an outrageous assault on freedom of expression. It is also a shocking and deeply disturbing display of support for the cruel and inhuman punishment of stoning,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee ha sido condenada, según los tribunales, por insultar los textos sagrados del Islam en una novela acerca de una muchacha que, después de presenciar una película en la que se visualiza la lapidación de una mujer, llena de ira, quema un libro del Corán.
Durante el juicio, no se le proporcionó asistencia legal de letrado ni se le concedió la palabra para que hiciese alegaciones en su defensa.
Amnistía Internacional reclama la inmediata puesta en libertad de Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee y de su marido, así como que terminen las prácticas inhumanas de la lapidación en Irán.
Amnesty International
