Mostafa Bagheri Ashna

Mr. Bagheri studied civil engineering and has been the social service secretary of Riga News Agency. He has acted for the ethnic rights of the Kurdish people.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='24324'> He and other Kurd activists were arrested in Kermanshah and Sanandaj. They were released on bail after several weeks. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='25660'> He was transferred to Kermanshah prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='30771'> <reference source='http://kurdistanhumanrights.net/fa/?p=13085'> The Second Branch of the Kermanshah Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Shahrokh Moradi, sentenced Ardeshir Mousavi, Arsalan Hedayati, Shahriyar Tahmasbi, and Mostafa Bagheri Ashna, to nine months in prison on the charge of "propaganda against the system." They have been acquitted from the charges of "forming, running, and membership in opposition groups", "gathering and planning against national security", and "insulting the leadership." Mostafa Ahmadian, the lawyer, told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network: > No decision has been made on whether to appeal, but It will probably be better to accept the decision according to the short duration of the prison sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>