Mahdi Tajik
Mahdi Tajik | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 11, 1981 |
| Occupation | Journalist-political prisonerpolitically active |
Mahdi Tajik(born 1981,Tehran) is an Iranian students’ activist,journalistandpolitical prisoner.He was arrested for the first time in 2005 by the security forces. He was also arrested by theIranian Revolutionary Guardsin 2006, for founding a student activist organization. In the same year, the Revolutionary Court sentenced him to two and a half years in prison which was reduced to cash surcharge afterwards.[1]
For the third time, Mahdi Tajik was arrested in January 2010 and transferred to the section 350 ofEvin prison.[2]He was sentenced to 27 months of prison and 30 years of prohibition from any interview, journalism, writing articles, membership and political activity in any political parties.[3][4] He also begins serving his sentence on 12 Feb 2013 and released on furlough on 05 Oct 2013.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^"Summoning of Tehran University Student Activist, Mahdi Tajik".RetrievedJune 15,2011.
- ^"Two University of Tehran Students Arrested".Archived fromthe originalon March 3, 2011.RetrievedJanuary 29,2010.
- ^"Shirin Ebadi in her report on the situation of human rights in Iran".Retrieved2013-02-22.
- ^"Summoning of Tehran University Student Activist, Mahdi Tajik".Retrieved15 June2011.
- ^"Prisoner Record Created: Mehdi Tajik".Retrieved6 October2013.
- ^"Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran".Archived fromthe originalon 22 February 2014.Retrieved6 May2013.
- ^"2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Iran".Retrieved24 May2012.
