#Iran :: #Bahai :: #FreeSara :: Sara Mahboubi :: Ten Months in Prison for Having a Facebook Page
Being sent to prison for using Facebook? Even while the demand for freedom and democracy gets louder and louder in the Arabian world and especially in Iran these days, it's a headline which hard to believe. But the usage of an "anti-revolutionary website" is actually just one of the reasons why an Iranian court send a 20 year old student to prison. Her religion is another …
- ———It's disturbing news: A 20 year old Iranian student has been sent to prison for the usage of Facebook. An Iranian court sentenced Sara Mahboubi to ten months in prison for being a member in the worldwide social network which has been marked as being an "anti-revolutionary website" by Iranian leaders.
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- ———Her cousin Sahar Karimian reported the sad news about the court decision via her Twitter account on Monday, April 11th, and continues to ask users to massively retweet it.
Please show support! @united4iran My cousin Sara Mahboubi was arrested yesterday in Sari for being a member of the Baha'i Faith!- Sara Mahboubi - 10 months in prison for having a facebook page: t.co/IrUbmCW #FREESARA #FREEIRAN #IRANELECTIONS
- ———'Secular Democracy for Iran' blog picked up the story on the same day.
Secular Democracy for Iran دموکراسی سکولار برای ایران: Religious fascism in the 21st century فاشیست های دینی دختر بی گناه ۲۰ ساله را به ۱۰ ماه زندان محکوم می کنندSara Mahboubi is a 20 year old Iranian student who was expelled from University for her belief in the Bahai faith and who is now condemned to 10 months prison. One of the reasons given by the court for this sentence was her membership in the "anti-revolutionary website called facebook" !!! In the morning of Saturday 9 April 2011, regime forces went to her house and took some of her writings, some CDs and her computer and arrested her. http://edu-right.net/خانه/802-sara.htmlجمعیت مبارزه با تب...- ———Sara Mahboubi has initially been arrested on June 25th, 2010. According to reports by the Association for the Right to Education, the security agents first introduced themselves as bank employees, however, upon entering the house they presented an arrest warrant for Ms. Mahboubi, proceeded with searching the house and demanded that the Mahboubi family bring their daughter to the Intelligence Ministry as soon as possible. The agents then confiscated two computers, a number of books, CDs, and personal photos before leaving the premises. [source: Planet Iran]
Deprived Baha’i Student Sarah Mahboubi Arrested | Planet-Iran.comSave to Browser Favorites / BookmarksIf you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed or Email Feed.Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) June 25, 2010 Sara Mahboubi, Baha’i student and resident of Sari who has been deprived of continuing her education, was arrested this morning after visiting the Intelligence Ministry in the city of Sari. It has been reported that security forces originally arrived at Sara Mahboubi’s house at 12:00pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010 with the goal to a...- ———But the story goes much deeper and reveals a tragedy that is been going on since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 — the persecution of the biggest religious minority in Iran, the Bahá'í Faith.
Sara Mahboubi was arrested yesterday for the 2nd time for being a member of the Baha'i Faith! #freesara tinyurl.com/3jvdmbv- ———According to the official website of the Bahá'í Faith in the United States, "the Islamic Republic of Iran has blocked the 300,000-member Baha'i community from higher education, refusing young Baha'is entry into universities and colleges. The government has also sought to close down Baha'i efforts to establish their own institutions of higher learning."
Denial of Education in Iran | Bahai Faith | Baha'i FaithSince 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has blocked the 300,000-member Baha'i community from higher education, refusing young Baha'is entry into universities and colleges. The government has also sought to close down Baha'i efforts to establish their own institutions of higher learning. These actions come against a wider picture of persecution of the Iranian Baha'i community that has included arbitrary executions, unjustified imprisonment, the confiscation of property, and severe restrictio...- ———Learn more about about the persecution of Iran’s 300,000 members of the Bahá'í community from the faith's informational booklet 'The Bahá'í Question: Cultural Cleansing in Iran'.
The Bahá’í Question - Bahá'í World News Service“The Bahá'í Question: Cultural Cleansing in Iran” is the Bahá'í International Community’s main informational booklet about the persecution of Iran’s 300,000 member Bahá'í community. Download “The Bahá’í Question” First published in 1993, with updates in 1999 and 2005, the 2008 edition is offered here as a PDF. It describes the current situation facing Bahá'ís in recent years, through mid-2008, placing the Islamic Republic’s systematic persecution of Bahá'ís in the context of the internationa...———
This video by Kianoosh Sanjari has been uploaded on April 13th on YouTube in support of Sara Mahboubi.
- Here's the same video with English subtitles from Maryam Ny's YouTube channel.
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A petition has been started to raise some awareness on this case.
Free Sara MahboubiPublished by siyamack on Apr 14, 2011 Target: UE/ONU/INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY/AMNESTY INTERNATIONALWeb site: Complete the fields below and click 'Sign'. Optional fields may be completed or left blank. Display my name publicly on this website in the public signature list. (Recommended). If unchecked, your name will appear as Anonymous. [?] Your email address will add integrity to this campaign and allow you to edit your signature. View Privacy Policy here. (optional)Your street address will no...
