Saba Azarpeik

Saba Azarpeik (Persian: صبا آذرپیک) is an Iranian journalist associated with the Iranian reformist movement.

2014 arrest

On 28 May 2014, Iranian security forces arrested Azarpeik at the Tehran offices of Tejarat-e-Farda, a pro-reform weekly where she had been working.[1]

She is reportedly being held in Ward 2-A of Evin Prison and has been charged with "propaganda against the state" and "dissemination of falsehoods."[2]

After 85 days in prison (solitary confinement), on 20 August, she was finally released on bail.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Journalist Saba Azarpeik arrested in Iran". The Guardian. 28 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists". International Campaign for Human Rights. 10 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "صبا آذرپیک به قید وثیقه آزاد شد". Persian Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 21 August 2014.


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