Roya Jalali Archives - KHRN
Appeals court upholds Kurdish woman activist’s prison sentence
Branch 4 of the Court of Appeals of Kurdistan province – headed by Judge Mostafa Tayari – has recently upheld the sentence of two years suspended imprisonment for Roya Jalali, a Kurdish woman environmental activist. Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province – headed by Judge Saeedi – had sentenced the activist to two years suspended imprisonment. The court had charged her...
Read moreKurdish environmental activist released on bail in Iran’s Sanandaj
Kurdish envorinmental activist Roya Jalali has been released on bail from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Jalali, who is a member of the Green Society of Kurdistan, was released on a bail of 100 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 4,000 USD. The activist had been arrested on 2 February by Iranian security forces at her house in...
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