Marjan Davari

Marjan Davari

  • <coverage-outsourcing id='8211'> With the shutdown of Rah Marefat institute and the arrest of its authorities, she was also arrested. According to the International Campaign for Human Rights, she had separated from this legally registered institute six months earlier. She was arrested in her family home in Mehr Shahr of Karaj, and after being detained in Rajai Shahr Prison (probably the ward of the security forces) for a week, she was transferred to Ward 209 in Evin Prison. Her works as teacher and translator are cited as the basis for her charges </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9233'> She was transferred to women's ward </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10826'> Her interrogation session was held </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='8212'> According to Harana, after 10 months of incarceration, she is still awaiting trial </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='9234'> International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that she is suffering from severe joint pain in her leg and her incarceration has made it worse. She is still awaiting her trial </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='10825'> According to Harana, her first three trial sessions were held on 16th, 17th, and 18th of October 2016 in Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court presided by judge Salavati, and the next sessions are scheduled for December 11th and 12th </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13575'> She was sentenced to death in late January. According to Harana, judge Salavati has issued the death sentence for the charges of "sinful relations, assembly and conspiracy against the regime, membership in Eckankar religious group based on the books Ms. Davari has translated, and corruption on earth" </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='12402'> She was exiled to Gharchak Varamin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13647'> During the 33rd meeting of Tehran prosecution deputies council, Abbas Jafari Dolat Abadi announced that two death sentences have been issued for defendants in an "important cultural" case and said that they were "encouraging decadence and depravity under the cover of new faiths". According to Deutsche Welle, Tehran attorney general announced the death sentences to be for the charge of "corruption on earth" and said that the verdict is being reviewed by the supreme court. Based on the evidence, it seems that Marjan Davari and Karim Zargar were the two individuals he was talking about. But Atlas does not have enough evidence to prove this assumption yet </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13835'> Her lawyer told HRANA that he has objected the death sentence, but the branch addressing the case has not yet been determined in the Supreme Court </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='13889'> Her mother told HRANA that Judge Salavati has shown sympathy for Marjan Davari in the court, had a respectable treatment and called her a researcher and, with all of this, the death sentence was very shocking. This interview is recorded in the evidence section of this page </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='14127'> Iran Human Rights Organization wrote in a report that Mrs. Davari had not been allowed to contact her family and lawyer during her prison term in section 209, which lasted about four months </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='15935'> HRANA reported that the case of Marjan Davari has been referred to Branch 47 of the Supreme Court. HRANA also wrote: > It is said that the prisoner's request to return to the women ward of Evin Prison has been agreed </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20557'> HRANA reported that Branch 47 of the Supreme Court had violated the death penalty for Marjan Davari, according to her lawyer, Mr. Erfanian. About Karim Zarger, another defendant sentenced to death, Mr.Erfanian said: > He was also sentenced to death, and his death sentence is apparently confirmed." The charges of "committing corruption on earth, illegitimate relationships, gathering and colluding against national security and membership in the mystical sect of Eckankar are among the charges against these two. Judge Salavati had sentenced them to death in the trial court </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='20866'> According to HRANA Karim Zarger was executed in Rajaei Shahr prison in Karaj. Some domestic media wrote about the case that Mr. Zarger and his wife would have women come to their office in Gandhi Street for treatment and received a huge tuition" as well as having sex with them. Based on these reports, they were tried in the Branch 6 of the Tehran Penal Court in addition to the Revolutionary Court for "rape", and Mr. Zarger was also sentenced to death there. The Iranian government has charged "rape" with the aim of defaming dissidents in many ideological cases, which is why it is difficult or impossible to validate these claims </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='24562'> A branch of the same level (Branch 24 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court) retried the case and condemned her to execution again but the Branch 47 of the Supreme Court once more nullified the death sentence, HRANA reported. Based on this report, the case is being assessed in the General Board of the Supreme Court </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='27776'> According to Hrana, his execution order was cancelled by the general delegation of the Supreme Court and was sent to a similar courthouse (Court 23 of the Revolutionary court) </coverage-outsourcing>
  • <coverage-outsourcing id='33153'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-27073/'> HRANA reports the problems of women political prisoners in Qarchak prison. According to the report, the political prisoners transferred to Qarchak prison to pressure them without observing the separation of accusations. At least 16 defendants and political prisoners are being kept in this prison without observing the principle of separation of accusations and being deprived of basic facilities. Also, the inferior quality of prison food, lack of necessary facilities, the problem of the prison sewage system, constant shortage of freshwater, lack of medical and sanitary facilities, especially after the outbreak of coronavirus, lack of medical deployments, and high prison density cause many problems for These prisoners. Seventeen women prisoners such as Golrokh Ebrahimi Erayi, Marjan Davari, Kylie Moore Gilbert, Elham Barmaki, Zahra Safaei, Parastoo Moeini, ‌ Forough Taghipour, Leila Mirghafari, Pirzad Hamidi Shafaq, Zohreh Sarv, Fereshteh Didani, Soheila Hejab, Samira Hadian, Gita Hor, Zeinab Alipour, Raha Ahmadi and Leila Akbari are being kept in this prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>