Yousef Kari

<p>He is an ethnic activist.</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='26849'> He was arrested and transferred to one of the Ardebil's detention houses. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26850'> He was transferred to Ardabil prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28004'> <reference source='https://www.azoh.net/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1/4205-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-6-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%A8%D8%B3.html'> According to Azoh, Ardebail revolutionary court presided over by Judge Mahdavirad sentenced Yousef Kari to five years in prison on the charge of "assembly and collusion against national security" and one year in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system". By applying Article 134, he will have to serve five years in prison. Judge Mahdavirad cited Yousef Kari's activities, including participating in a rally on Mount Sabalan and Babak Castle, greeting political prisoners, and publishing a message supporting political prisoners in Turkish as the examples of his charges. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29306'> According to IPA, Branch 13 of the Ardebil Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Yousef Khodadadi and counselor Judge Hassan Mozaffari, reduced Mr. Kari's sentence to two years in prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='29863'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24282/'> He came on leave after Coronavirus outbreaks in Iran's several prisons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30754'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-24862/'> He returned to prison by the end of his leave. It should be noted that the situation of the spread of COVID-19 is critical in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='33667'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%da%a9%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%86%d8%a7-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%af-%d9%87%d9%81%d8%aa-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%84/'> According to the IPA, Abbas Lesani, Yousef Kari, and several other inmates in Ward 7 of Ardebil Prison suffered from fever, headache, dry cough, and shortness of breath. The prison's doctor said they are suspected of COVID-19, but they are still deprived of adequate medical care. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34435'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3cc7e0B'> The Azerbaijan Political Organizations Platform released a statement that mentions the release of Latif Hosseini and demands the immediate and unconditional release of Abbas Lesani, Ali Reza Farshi, Siamack Mirzaei, Yousef Kari, and other political and ideological Azeri prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34293'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3-%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%ba%d8%b0%d8%a7-%da%a9/'> According to Atlas, political prisoner, Abbas Lesani went on a hunger strike in solidarity with Yousef Kari. Yousef Kari has been on hunger strike for four days in protest of the mistreatments by prison authorities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='34332'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%d9%be%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%ba%d8%b0%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%b1%da%a9/'> After the return of Yousef Kari to ward seven from the quarantine, Mr. Kari and all the political prisoners who had gone on hunger strike in support of his rights, ended their strikes. Abbas Lesani, Ali Vaseghi, Reza Vaseghi, and Siamack Mirzaei had gone on hunger strike in support of Mr. Kari, and Behnam Shaikhi, Tohid Amir Moeni, and Kianoush Aslani were to join them today. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48485'> His case was closed. On February 5th, 2023, the Islamic Republic's Judiciary issued a memo that announced the beginning of the process of releasing some of the protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising. According to the judiciary's Mizan website, and latest comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary, this "pardon" is in honor of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and contingent on the prisoners expressing regret; The pardon is not extended to cases with charges such as "connection to dissident groups", and "destruction of public property". However, many of the released prisoners have posted videos and notes saying they never requested a pardon and never expressed regret. There are even videos of female activists taking off their hijab and chanting against the Islamic Republic in front of the prison moments after their release. The release of prisoners being called a pardon has caused massive reaction online and some activists on social media and human rights organizations consider it a PR stunt to repair some of the damage to Ali Khamenei's image. </coverage-outsourcing>