Babak Karimi, a Kurdish civilian arrested during the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising in Eyvan-e Gharb, Ilam Province, has been called to appear before Branch 101 of the city’s Criminal Court on 27 August.
Karimi faces charges of “disturbing public order and peace”, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.
In an earlier case on July, Karimi was sentenced by Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Ilam to five years in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security”, two years in jail for “insulting the Leader [of the Islamic Republic]” and two years in prison for “insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Under Iran’s Law on Consolidation of Sentences, the highest sentence of five years’ imprisonment out of a total of nine years is enforceable.
Karimi was arrested by security forces on 21 September 2002 during anti-government protests in Eyvan-e Gharb and taken to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Ilam.
He was released on 6 February on bail of 20 billion Iranian rials, which is nearly 40,000 USD.
Throughout his period of detention, Karimi went on two hunger strikes, protesting against his continued imprisonment.
