A political prisoner is challenging Iranian state impunity while serving a 15 year sentence
Maryam Akbari Monfared is a political prisoner in Iran serving a 15 year sentence and is now taking the state judiciary to court for the unlawful execution of four of her siblings and the imprisonment of her mother, all of whom were political prisoners in the 1980s in Iran. Akbari Monfared, a mother of three, has another brother alive and he is also a political prisoner currently serving a 17-year sentence in Iran. Akbari Monfared was arrested after the disputed presidential election in Iran in 2009 and charged with "moharebeh" or enmity ...
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