Atena Farghadani

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Atena Farghadani is an Iranian activist and painter who was arrested and imprisoned on 23 August 2014 for a satirical illustration in which she depicted members of Parliament with the heads of different animals. Since then she has suffered ongoing persecution by the Iranian government, which has led to her imprisonment on several occasions. In 2015 he received the Cartoonists Rights Network International(CRNI) award for courage as a cartoonist and in 2016 the Václav Havel award from the Human Rights Foundation(HRF).

Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani released after reduced sentence

Publicado: 11/12/2024 : 17:40 | Actualizado: 11/12/2024 : 18:06 |

La viñetista iraní Atena Farghadani, condenada a seis años de cárcel

According to a message posted on 7 December on the Instagram account of the author, who has been detained since April, her six-year prison sentence has been reduced to eight months after she was acquitted of one of the charges. "Atena Farghdani, a political prisoner who was arrested in Farvardin* 1403 (2024) and

Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani sentenced to six years in jail

Publicado: 12/06/2024 : 16:23 | Actualizado: 12/06/2024 : 18:17 |

On Saturday 13 April 2024, Tehran-based cartoonist, painter and children's rights activist Atena Farghadani was violently arrested by security forces and taken to Evin prison for pasting one of her drawings on a wall. His trial was delayed, but the sentence is now known, as can be read in different media. This has

Atena Farghadani is jailed again, this time for pasting one of her drawings on a wall.

Publicado: 17/04/2024 : 00:32 | Actualizado: 17/04/2024 : 00:48 |

On Saturday 13 April 2024, Atena Farghadani, a Tehran-based cartoonist, painter and children's rights activist, was violently arrested by security forces and taken to Evin Prison. This prison is where the Iranian government often imprisons artists, academics, activists, journalists and other dissident intellectuals, and is nicknamed "Evin University". Farghadani was reportedly arrested for

Atena Farghadani returns to prison after refusing to accept bail

Publicado: 19/06/2023 : 15:20 | Actualizado: 19/06/2023 : 21:02 |

Farghadani in a November 2017 photo / Instagram Painter and cartoonist Atena Farghadani has been re-imprisoned in Iran after refusing to accept bail after being charged with"disturbing public order". According to her lawyer, she was summoned to Evin prison court on 8 June. She refused to accept on the grounds that she had

Evin University

Publicado: 29/03/2016 : 21:51 | Actualizado: 27/07/2022 : 00:20 |

Evin prison in northeast Tehran has the shameful honour of being known for the harsh conditions in which prisoners have to live, with reports of cruel interrogation, torture, prolonged solitary confinement and executions. In this prison, the Iranian government locks up artists, academics, activists, journalists and other dissident intellectuals, earning it the nickname

Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani released after reduced sentence

Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani sentenced to six years in jail

Atena Farghadani is jailed again, this time for pasting one of her drawings on a wall.

Atena Farghadani returns to prison after refusing to accept bail

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