Shiva Nazar Ahari Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison and 76 Lashes

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Shiva Nazar Ahari Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison and 76 Lashes

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Shiva Nazar Ahari Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison and 76 Lashes

Her attorney Mohammad Sharif stated that the 26 branch of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Pirabbasi has sentenced her to 3 ½ years of imprisonment and exile to the Izeh Prison for Moharebeh(waging war against God), 2 years in prison for unlawful gathering and conspiracy to commit a ...

Sept 19, 2010

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Guardian

Iranian court jails human rights activist for 'waging war against God'

Guardian

Iranian court jails human rights activist for 'waging war against God'

Shiva Nazar Ahari convicted of crime known as 'moharebeh', usually punishable by death/ Shiva Nazar Ahari has been jailed for six years after being convicted of 'waging war against God'. Photograph: Observer An Iranian court has jailed a prominent human rights activist and journalist for six ...

Sept 19, 2010

Yahoo! News

Iran jails rights activist for 'warring against God'

Yahoo! News

Iran jails rights activist for 'warring against God'

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has sentenced women's rights activist Shiva Nazar-Ahari to six years in jail on charges including "warring against God", an offence that can carry the death penalty, Sunday newspapers quoted her lawyer as saying. She is the latest among the scores of activists picked up amid ...

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Aljazeera

Jail sentence for Iran activist

Aljazeera

Jail sentence for Iran activist

An Iranian court has sentenced a prominent human rights activist to six years in prison on various anti-government charges, a semi-official Iranian news agency has reported. ILNA news agency said on Saturday that Shiva Nazar Ahari was convicted of gathering and plotting to commit crimes against ...

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Iran Rights Activist Jailed for 6 Years, Escapes Death Sentence, AFP Says

Bloomberg

Iran Rights Activist Jailed for 6 Years, Escapes Death Sentence, AFP Says

Iran has sentenced women’s rights activist Shiva Nazar-Ahari to six years in jail for offences that can carry the death penalty, Agence France-Presse reported, citing local newspaper reports. Nazar-Ahari “has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for Moharebeh (warring against God), ...

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Radio Free Europe

Iran Jails Rights Activist For Six Years

Radio Free Europe

Iran Jails Rights Activist For Six Years

Iran has sentenced a human rights activist to six years in prison on charges of antigovernment activities. Shiva Nazar Ahari is a founder of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters in Tehran. She was arrested in December on her way to the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the ...

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Washington Post

Iran sentences rights activist to 6 years in jail

Washington Post

Iran sentences rights activist to 6 years in jail

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Sept 18, 2010

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Iran sentences rights activist to 6 years in jail

Yahoo! News

Iran sentences rights activist to 6 years in jail

TEHRAN, Iran – A semiofficial Iranian news agency says a prominent rights activist has been sentenced to six years in prison on various anti-government charges, but has escaped the death penalty. ILNA says Shiva Nazar Ahari has been convicted of moharebeh, or "waging war against God," a crime ...

Sept 18, 2010

Reuters

Iran activist jailed for six years

Reuters

Iran activist jailed for six years

Iran sentenced a female human rights activist to six years in prison on Saturday, the latest sign of its determination to punish those the state views as "seditionists" for protesting last year's presidential election. Shiva Nazar Ahari, 26, was arrested in December on her way to the funeral of ...

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