Habib Sasanian

He is an identity activist in Azarbaijan and has been arrested several times. His articles are published in local newspapers under the pseudonym "Yakamoz". He was also arrested along with several other Turk activists in 2016. It is said that the arrests are in relation to the conflicts between the countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia

• <coverage-outsourcing id='6992'> He was arrested. According to his family members, he was threatened several times before not to publish his articles under the pseudonym "Yakamoz". He was released after some time </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6993'> Habib Sasanian, Esmaeel Fakhimi, Mehdi Javadzadeh, Hamid Saghafi, Babak Avand, and Yones Rahimi were arrested </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7001'> Gamaj website published an unverified report from Telegram channels which stated that the reason for his arrest was his attempt to join Azerbaijan's military against Armenia </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6994'> In a phone call to his family, Habib Sasanian stated that he is being kept in intelligence ministry lock up in Tabriz. Earlier, the Azarbaijani media had claimed that he was arrested by the police </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7000'> According to Harana, the families of the detainees are being pressured not to speak to the media </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7016'> According to Oyan News, he was transferred from Intelligence lock up in Tabriz to Tabriz Prison. The prison authorities are keeping him in solitary according to a "judicial order" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='6996'> According to Harana, in the middle of June 2016, Mr. Mozaffari, Judiciary chief of Eastern Azarbaijan, identified these activists as "Members of a 6 man espionage group known as Gamo". According to Mozaffari, these individuals "were gathering classified military and economic documents and delivering them to enemies of the regime." But Harana announced that they were arrested for activities "related to the issue of Qarah Bagh and Armenia" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='7566'> According to Oyan News, he was transferred to Ward 12 of Tabriz Prison. According to the report, during the last few weeks, he has been transferred to Intelligence office of Tabriz several times </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9882'> According to Oyan News, Habib Sasanian is kept in ward 12 of Tabriz Central Prison, and he is being denied his rights to visitation and phone calls </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='9807'> According to Harana, Habib Sasanian is still being detained in Tabriz Central Prison awaiting a decision. An informed source has told Harana that the charges are not specified and it is not clear why he has been arrested. According to the source, he is in bad health </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='10302'> Araz News reported that his arrest warrant was extended for another month </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11151'> Oyan News reported that he is in bad health and being denied effective medical treatment.According to the report, he is being kept in Tabriz Prison without an extension of his arrest warrant </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='11158'> Azoh published a letter from Habib Sasanian in which he heavily criticizes the case interrogator and judge. The letter states that Mr.Javanbakht, the interrogator at branch 21 of Tabriz court has stated that without "order from Tehran and the security departments" he is not allowed to revoke the arrest warrant, and the fact that Judge Hamid Bagherpour who has been appointed as the chief justice of the branch 3 of the Tabriz Revolutionary court only has degree in Islamic Education. The letter also mentions that Judge Bagherpour has work experiences such as religious panegyrist, membership of the Revolutionary Guard, public relations employee of the prosecution's office, and family court judge, and his cooperation with the intelligence and security organizations and issuing "unjust verdicts ordered by those organizations" have landed him this current position. Habib Sasanian stresses he is willing to attend the trial only if the trial is held publicly and in the presence of a jury </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14702'> According to HRANA he went on a hunger strike for five days after being physically and mentally abused by Tabriz prison authorities </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14986'> Another report regarding the continued deterioration of physical health </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14622'> HRANA reported that one week has has passed since bail of one billion tomans was set, but his family is unable, as of yet, to post it </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='14703'> According to HRANA, he refused to appear in court in protest to the tearing up of some of the evidence in his case. The hearing, which was supposed to take place in branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, headed by judge Bagherpour, was postponed to later </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='15851'> According to Azoh, the court tried six of the accused in this case, in the third branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, headed by judge Bagherpour. This report claims that Habib Sasanian refused to attend the trial in protest of the legitimacy and the manner of investigation of the court. The Revolutionary Court of Tabriz did not attach his defense to the file. The hearing took four hours and the next hearing will take place in the following weeks </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16123'> He published an audio file, addressed to Hassan Rouhani, where he adamantly criticized the forcing of Iranian citizens to speak Persian and announced that, from this day on, he was embarking on a dry food strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16195'> According to HRANA, in protest to the lack of the presence of a defense lawyer he did not appear in court. Based on this report, he is in ward 12 of Tabriz prison and continues his hunger strike </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='16980'> According to HRANA, a hearing was held in the third branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, to treat the charges against Mehdi Javadzadeh, Hamid Saghafi, Babak Avand, Esmael Afkhami (Fakhimi), Yunes Rahimi and Habib Sassanian, it continued until 21:00, but Habib Sassanian was not present at the hearing. Based on this report, the four who were present, were charged for,“membership in the Gamov group” and the other individual was charged for “deputy organiser of the group” </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='18711'> According to IPA, he was released on bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21026'> His last appeals session was held at Branch 26 of the Appeal Court of East Azerbaijan. His sentence was reduced to four years in prison. According to HRANA, she was previously sentenced to 10 years in the trial stage </coverage-outsourcing>