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).
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
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
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
The 28-year-old activist and painter Atena Farghadani was arrested in Iran on 23 August 2014. Her "crime", in the eyes of the Iranian judiciary, was to depict members of parliament with the heads of different animals. Illustration by Atena Farghadani posted on Facebook These MPs
