Delaram Ali
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Delaram Ali is a leading Iran
ian women's rights activist.
In July 2007, she was charged with "participation in an illegal gathering", "propaganda against the system," and "disturbing the public order". Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced her to 39 months of jail and 10 lashes. Delaram was handed a sentence for her participation in the peaceful gathering of women’s rights defenders in June 2006, in Hafte Tir Square, which ended with police violence and brutality and the arrest of 70 protesters.
Prior to Delaram’s sentence other women’s rights activists had been issued sentences in relation to the June 12, protest in Hafte Tir Square, which demanded equal rights for women under the law, as follows<:ref name="payvand.com"/>
Sentences for Maryam Zia, Nasim Soltan Beigi, and Alieh Eghdam doost, also defendants in the June 12, 2006 protest in Hafte Tir Square have yet to be issued. In an interview, prominent lawyer and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi
called charges against women baseless.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian women's rights activist.
In July 2007, she was charged with "participation in an illegal gathering", "propaganda against the system," and "disturbing the public order". Iran's Revolutionary Court sentenced her to 39 months of jail and 10 lashes. Delaram was handed a sentence for her participation in the peaceful gathering of women’s rights defenders in June 2006, in Hafte Tir Square, which ended with police violence and brutality and the arrest of 70 protesters.
Prior to Delaram’s sentence other women’s rights activists had been issued sentences in relation to the June 12, protest in Hafte Tir Square, which demanded equal rights for women under the law, as follows<:ref name="payvand.com"/>
- Fariba Davoodi Mohajer: Three years suspended sentence and 1 year prison term;
- Nooshin Ahmadi KhorasaniNooshin Ahmadi KhorasaniNoushin Ahmadi Khorasani is a notable Iranian journalist, women's rights activist and community activist.She is one of the founding members of One Million Signatures campaign. She was also a founder of Women’s Cultural Center , which since then has been a center for forming opinions, analyzing...
: Two years suspended sentence and 6 months jail term; - Parvin ArdalanParvin ArdalanParvin Ardalan, born 1967 in Tehran, is a leading Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist. She was awarded the Olof Palme Prize in 2007 for her struggle for equal rights for men and women in Iran. In the 1990s Ardalan, along with e.g...
: Two years suspended sentence and 6 months jail term; - Shahla Entesari: Two years suspended sentence and 6 months jail term;
- Sussan Tahmasebi: One year and 6 months suspended sentence and 6 months jail term;
- Azadeh Forghani: 2 years suspended sentence;
- Bahareh HedayatBahareh HedayatBahareh Hedayat is an Iranian student activist and campaigner for women's rights. She was arrested on July 9, 2007. On August 9, 2007 she was released on bail. She was again arrested and released in 2008, and in 2010 was sentenced to nine and a half years' imprisonment for anti-state...
: 2 years suspended sentence.
Sentences for Maryam Zia, Nasim Soltan Beigi, and Alieh Eghdam doost, also defendants in the June 12, 2006 protest in Hafte Tir Square have yet to be issued. In an interview, prominent lawyer and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's,...
called charges against women baseless.