Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 5:03 pm
GENEVA (11 May 2021) – UN human rights experts
welcomed the release of Iranian human rights defender Arash
Sadeghi, who was released from Raja’i Shahr Prison this
month after five-and-a-half years in detention.
Mr.
Sadeghi received prison sentences totalling 15 years by a
Revolutionary Court on multiple charges, including
publishing “lies in cyberspace”, “propaganda against
the regime” and insulting the founder of the Islamic
Republic of Iran. Under Iranian law, he would have to serve
seven-and-a-half years in prison, the longest of his
sentences. UN experts say his peaceful human rights activism
included social media posts and communications with
journalists and human rights defenders abroad. The Working