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Three Year Mandatory Prison Sentence for Fereshteh Shirazi Upheld in Appeals

The appeals court in Mazandaran Province, has upheld a three year prison sentence for women's rights and Campaign activist, Fereshteh Shirazi. The sentence was issued in preliminary court hearings by Judge Hassanzadeh in the northern city of Amol.

Fereshteh Shirazi is a women's rights activist in the city of Amol, who was arrested on September 4, 2011 and has remained in prison since her arrest. This prison's living conditions are extremely harsh and there is no distinction between prisoners, as such Fereshteh is housed with dangerous criminals. Given the difficult conditions in prison, Fereshteh has requested that she be transferred to a prison in the city of Sari, despite the fact that her family lives in Amol. It is possible that she will be moved to Amol prison in the weeks to come, despite the hardships that the distance will cause her family, especially her elderly mother with respect to visitation.

Fereshteh is a women's rights and Campaign activist as well as a blogger. She was charged in relations to her women's rights activities and her writings.