Human rights activist Mansoureh Behkish has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison, sources say . According to the Human Rights Activists news agency, Behkish
has been sentenced to four years in prison for her role in forming a
group called “Mourning Mothers.” She received an additional six-month
jail term for being involved in “propaganda activities against the
state.”
Mourning Mothers mainly comprises women whose children were killed,
disappeared or imprisoned in the unrest that followed Iran’s disputed
2009 presidential elections. The group later grew to include families
and supporters of other victims of human rights abuses in the country.
Behkish’s trial was held at Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on 25 December 2011 and was presided over by Judge Salavati.
Behkish, 55, was arrested by security forces on 12 June 2011. She was
released less than a month later on bail. She and 32 other women from
the 'Mourning Mothers' were also arrested during a weekly meeting at
Tehran’s Laleh Park on 9 January 2010 and held for several days.
Behkish is also banned from travelling abroad.
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