Bahareh Hedayat Explained

Bahareh Hedayat
Native Name:Persian: بهاره هدایت
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Occupation:Activist, political prisoner
Notable Works:One Million Signatures campaign

Bahareh Hedayat (Persian: بهاره هدایت, born 1981) is an Iranian activist[1] and campaigner for women's rights. She was one of the activists who worked on the One Million Signatures campaign to change laws that discriminate against women in Iran. She has been arrested and imprisoned several times.

Life

Hedayat is a founding member of a petition for women's rights in Iran known as the "One Million Signatures campaign".[2] [3]

She graduated from the University of Economic Sciences in Tehran.[4] She was a student at the University of Tehran in the School of Economics.[5] [6]

On June 14, 2016, the United Nation's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion demanding Hedayat's immediate release, her imprisonment since 2009 being arbitrary and against international law.[7] Hedayat experienced severe negligence and was denied access to her medical needs at various times throughout her imprisonment. She was also on occasion denied family visits and phone calls. During her time in prison, Hedayat translated Dave Eggers book The Circle and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas from English to Persian all by hand and with the help of a dictionary.

Arrests and imprisonment

She was arrested on July 9, 2007, and on August 9, 2007, but released on bail. She was again arrested and released in 2008[8] and in 2010 was sentenced to nine and a half years imprisonment[9] for anti-state propaganda.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Hedayat was arrested for her participation in a peaceful gathering to condemn the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in January 2020 and has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.[14] [15]

On 10 February 2020, Bahareh was arrested by Tehran University security police. She was later taken to Qarchak prison. There she started a hunger strike.[16] [17]

Hedayat was again arrested by security forces in Tehran on Monday, October 11, 2022, amid the Mahsa Amini protests. After eight days of detention, in a phone call, she informed her family that she was in ward 209 of Evin prison and did not know the reason for her arrest, nor the charges against her.[18]

She started a hunger strike on August 31, 2023.[19]

Awards and recognition

In 2012 Hedayat was awarded the Edelstam Prize for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one's beliefs in defense of Human Rights.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Iran Gives West One-Month 'Ultimatum' to Accept Nuclear Counterproposal . . 2 January 2010 . 20 February 2011 .
  2. Web site: Iran: Free Women Activists. 8 March 2014. Human Rights Watch. 11 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Raynell Andreychuk: The persecution of Bahareh Hedayat. National Post. 11 July 2016.
  4. https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/list_of_29_iranian_students_in_prison.pdf List of 29 Iranian students in prison
  5. Web site: Day 12: Spotlighting Bahareh Hedayat, Iran – Nobel Women's Initiative. Nobel Women's Initiative. 11 July 2016. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414114448/http://nobelwomensinitiative.org/2011/12/day-12-spotlighting-bahareh-hedayat/. dead.
  6. Web site: Bahareh Hedayat: Women's Rights Defender - Tavaana Article. Tavaana. tavaana.org. 11 July 2016. 19 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120412/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavaana:_E-Learning_Institute_for_Iranian_Civil_Society. dead.
  7. http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Detention/Opinions/Session75/Opinion_2016_2_Iran.pdf Opinion No. 2/2016 concerning Bahareh Hedayat
  8. News: Iran arrests two prominent student activists . . 15 July 2008 . 20 February 2011 .
  9. News: Iran Presses Opposition With Attacks and Jail Time . . 21 May 2010 . 20 February 2011 .
  10. News: Jailed Iranian students start hunger strike . . 21 December 2010 . 20 February 2011 .
  11. Web site: Iran refuses to free student activist Bahareh Hedayat after six years in jail. Saeed Kamali. Dehghan. 12 August 2015. theguardian.com. 11 July 2016.
  12. Web site: Iran's Rouhani urged to release student activist Bahareh Hedayat. Saeed Kamali. Dehghan. 16 September 2015. theguardian.com. 11 July 2016.
  13. Web site: Women Rising. Shirin Ebadi. Shirin Ebadi. 28 November 2013. The New York Times. 11 July 2016.
  14. https://iranhumanrights.org/2020/07/prominent-activist-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-protesting-downing-of-ukrainian-passenger-plane/ Prominent Activist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Passenger Plane
  15. https://en.radiofarda.com/a/beaten-during-arrest-prominent-iranian-female-activist-on-hunger-strike/30439913.html Beaten During Arrest Prominent Iranian Female Activist On Hunger Strike
  16. https://en.radiofarda.com/a/beaten-during-arrest-prominent-iranian-female-activist-on-hunger-strike/30439913.html Beaten During Arrest Prominent Iranian Female Activist On Hunger Strike
  17. https://iranhumanrights.org/2020/02/renewed-crackdown-in-iran-aimed-at-silencing-journalists-activists-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections/ Iran Moves to Silence Journalists, Activists Ahead of Parliamentary Elections
  18. Web site: بهاره هدایت را در بند ۲۰۹ اوین محبوس کرده‌اند . 12 October 2022 . 12 October 2022 . fa . Bahareh Hedayat has been locked up in Ward 209 of the Evin Prison.
  19. Web site: 2023-09-02 . اعلام اعتصاب غذای "بهاره هدایت"؛ در اعتراض به جان‌باختن "جواد روحی" در زندان . Announcing the hunger strike of Barehe Hedayat In protest of the death of Javad Rouhi in prison . 2023-09-16 . صدای آمریکا . fa.

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