Behnam Sheykhi Samanlou

Behnam Sheikhi is an Azerbaijani activist who works in various fields related to ethnic rights. He has been arrested and sentenced to prison several times.

<coverage-outsourcing id='10090'> He was arrested. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10092'> He was arrested. He was released after two months on bail of 500 million rials. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10091'> He was arrested. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10093'> After the protests related to the drying up of Urmia Lake, he was arrested at his home in Golestan, Tehran province, and transferred to Ward 209. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10094'> He was transferred from Evin Prison to Tabriz Intelligence Detention Center and from there to the central prison of this city where he was released on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10095'> He went to the Ministry of Intelligence room in Tabriz prison to receive his belongings and was arrested by Ardabil intelligence officers on his way back. According to HRANA, he was released eight days later. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10096'> He was tried in the first Branch of Tabriz Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Hamlbar. He was acquitted of the charge of "community and collusion against security" and was sentenced to six months in prison for "propaganda against the state". </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10098'> Harana reported that earlier, Judge Abbasi sentenced him to five years of suspended imprisonment on charges of "membership in an illegal group with the aim of disrupting the security of the country", "assembly and collusion against national security" and "propaganda against the state". </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10099'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/turk_appeal/'> Alireza Farshi, Akbar Azad, Behnam Sheikhi, and Hamid Manafi were arrested along with several others during the commemoration of the International Mother Language Day in Nasimshahr, Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10100'> He started his dry hunger strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10101'> He was released with a bail of 3 billion rials. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10102'> According to Ouyan News, the hearing of the charge of "participating in the formation of a crowd with the intention of disrupting the security of the country" for Akbar Azad, Alireza Farshi, Behnam Sheikhi, Hamid Manafi Nazarlou, Mansour Fathi, Mahmoud Ajaklou, Rostam Kazempour and Aziz Farshiwas held in the Revolutionary Court of Baharestan presided over by Judge Hosni. This court is related to the ceremony of International Mother Tongue Day in March 2014. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28515'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/turk_appeal/'> The first branch of the Baharestan Revolutionary Court convicted the four defendants in this case to heavy sentences for the charge of "forming dissident groups". According to this verdict, Ali Reza Farshi, Akbar Azad, Behnam Sheikhi, and Hamid Manafi (respectively) were sentenced to 15 years of prison and two years of exile to Bagh Malik, 10 years of prison and two years of exile to Darreh Shahr, 10 years of prison and two years of exile to Masjed Soleiman, 10 years of prison and two years of exile to Azna. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10103'> He was arrested and transferred to Tabriz prison to serve his sentence of six months imprisonment. It was reported that he is in ward 15 of Tabriz prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='10928'> He went on a leave. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='11189'> He was released on parole. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='28516'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/turk_appeal/'> The 54th branch of the Court of Appeal of Tehran, headed by Judge Babaei, sentenced the four defendants in this case to two years in prison and two years of exile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31665'> He was arrested to serve his sentence and sent to Evin prison </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31728'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/علیرضا-فرشی-و-بهنام-شیخی-از-ضرب-و-شتم-خ/'> According to Atlas report, Alireza Farshi and Behnam Sheikhi informed their family in a phone call: > We were beaten during the arrest." When arresting them, the officers refused to present the arrest warrant, which resulted in their resistance. This caused the officers to "beat these two ethnic activists. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31828'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/سه-فعال-اتنیکی-ترک-به-بند-هشت-زندان-اوین/'> He informed his family in a phone call that he is being held at ward 8 of Evin Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31964'> <reference source='https://prisonatlas.com/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%A8/'> According to Atlas, the random corona test of most of the inmates in Ward 8 was positive, and some of the prisoners, including Mr. Amirsalar Davoudi, Jafar Azimzadeh, and Ismail Abdi, were transferred to the infirmary of Ward 4 due to the lack of beds in Ward 8 infirmary. Behnam Sheikhi, an ethnic Turkish activist, informed his family of his suspected symptoms of coronavirus in a phone call, but due to the lack of resources, he has not yet been tested for the coronavirus. Jafar Azimzadeh's wife also announced on his Instagram account that Mr. Azimzadeh was infected with Coronavirus. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32105'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3246rbm'> According to Atlas, the place of detention of three ethnic Turkish activists has been changed following the protest of the prisoners of the 8th Ward of Evin Prison regarding the health situation and the spread of the Coronavirus in this prison. These people have informed their families about the change in their wards in separate phone calls. According to this report, Behnam Sheikhi was transferred to the 4th ward of Evin, Hamid Manafi Nadarli to the 8th hall of the 8th ward, and Alireza Farshi to the 9th hall of the 8th ward. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='32592'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26636/'> He went on a short leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='33002'> <reference source='https://www.kampain.info/archive/50160.htm'> He returned to prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34337'> <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 Yusuf Kari was returned from the prison quarantine to Ward 7, i.e. his previous detention, Mr. Kari and all the political prisoners who were on hunger strike for his rights ended the strike. It should be noted that Abbas Lasani, Ali Vaghti, Reza Vaghti, and Siamak Mirzaei were on a hunger strike in support of Mr. Kari, and Behnam Sheikhi, Tohid Amir Amini and Kianoush Aslani were also supposed to join them from today. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34791'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-28896/'> He went on a leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='34903'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29021/'> He returned to prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35248'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29332/'> He went on a leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35412'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-29509/'> He returned to prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35606'> He went on leave. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35964'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-30216/'> He returned to Evin Prison at the end of his leave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='36446'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/news/tehran/51356'> IranWire reported that Behnam Sheikhi was released after serving more than a year in Evin prison. This political prisoner must present himself to the sentence enforcement branch of "Masjed Soleiman" city in Khuzestan province for his two years of exile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='51758'> <reference source='https://t.me/abbas_lesani_az/6028'> According to the information page of Abbas Lasani, after being summoned to the second branch of the Baharestan Prosecutor's Office and his presence in this institution, he was transferred to Masjed Soleiman to endure two years of compulsory residence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>