The 33-year-old activist is with a group known as the One Million Signatures campaign (also known as the Campaign for Equality), a grass-roots initiative to end legal discrimination against women in Iran.
In May 2010 she was sentenced to six months in prison for “insulting the president”, two years for “insulting the Leader” and five years for “gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security.” A two-year suspended prison term previously imposed for her participation in the June 2006 demonstration calling for an end to discrimination against women in law was also implemented. An additional six-month sentence was added as punishment for having written a letter, together with fellow imprisoned student activist Majid Tavakkoli, in December 2010, encouraging students to continue their peaceful struggle for freedom.
Bahareh, a prisoner of conscience, has already served half of a 10-year prison sentence, and is therefore eligible for parole under Iranian law. Due to the harsh prison conditions, her health has significantly deteriorated and she is in need of immediate medical attention. Send a strong message now to call for her immediate and unconditional release.
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