Sedigh Baekram

He is a resident of Qaresaqal village in the suburbs of Oshnavieh. He has been sentenced to prison for the charge of "membership of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan"

• <coverage-outsourcing id='12577'> After the armed conflict between the forces of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and the Revolutionary Guards in "Qaresaqal" village in the suburbs of Oshnavieh city, Rassoul Azizi, Mohammad Zaher Faramarzi, Jalal Masroori, Kamal Masroori, and Yaghoub Ba-Ekram were arrested. The arrests in this village didn't end there, and on August 3rd, the security forces also arrested Hedayat Ghaderi </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12578'> Earlier it was reported that Yaghoub and Sedigh Ba'Ekram were arrested in June </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12580'> An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network that Kurdish citizens arrested in connection to this case were interrogated and tortured in Urmia lockup for 45 days. According to this source, Hedayat Ghaderi (probably Hedayat Abdollahpour) also suffered heavy torture such as "electric shock", "whipping the sole of the feet by cable" and "being hung" for two months, until he was forced to give a confession. After heavy interrogation and torture, they were all transferred to Urmia's central prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12581'> Trial date. They received sentences from 10 years in prison to death by execution by judge Sheikhlou. According to the verdict announced by they court-appointed attorney, Hedayat Abdollahpour was sentenced to death, Rassoul Azizi to 25 years in prison, Mohammad Zaher Faramarzi to 20 years, Jalal Masrouri to 15, Yaghoub Ba-Ekram to 15, and Kamal Masrouri to 10 years (11 by some accounts) in prison. Later reports revealed that Seddigh Ba-Ekram has also been sentenced to 10 years in prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12582'> An informed Kurdistan Human Rights source said that "the only grounds for Moharebeh (raging war against Islamic regime) is that when the Kurdish Peshmarga forces were staying in this village, these citizens offered them bread, and this act has been accounted as membership in Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan." Before the sentencing, the attorney for these prisoners told their families that due to the lack of evidence, they will be acquitted from their Moharebeh charge. According to this informed source, Hedayat Abdollahpour was not present during the conflict, and was not even in the village, and the security cameras in the city can prove that he was in Oshnavieh at the time. Based on the existing reports, Hedayat Abdollahpour was transferred to the Psychiatric Ward and Rassoul Azizi, Mohammad Zaher Faramarzi, Jalal Masrouri, Kamal Masrouri, and Yaghoub Ba-Ekra were transferred to Wards 3 and 4 (for dangerous prisoners). According to a report released a year ago by the Human Rights Organization of Iran, the arrestees of this case were charged with "taking up arms" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12595'> Some people in social networks protested the sentences issued for the residents of Qaresaqal village by using #زندانیان_قرەسقل_تنها_نیستند# , ‏گیراوانی_قرەسەقەڵ_تەنیا_نین , and #qaresaql_prisoners_are_not_alone. Saber Rassoolpour, Reza Ezzat Taj, Mohammad Abdollahu, Farough Shafahi, Vali Sharifi, Hedayat Abdollahpour, Rassoul Azizi, Moammad Zaher Faramarzi, Yaghoub Ba-Ekram, Jalal Masrouri, Kamal Masrouri, and Seddigh Ba-Ekram have been identified as the residents of Qaresaqal village who have received heavy sentences </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20226'> On 28th and 29th of January, several Human Rights organizations and media including Defenders of Kurdistan Human Rights Center, Kurd Campaign, and Roji Kurd released separate statements demanding the intervention of international human rights organizations and civil institutions in this case and questioned the heavy sentences that were issued. Iranian Kurdistan's Democratic Party also condemned the mistreatment of these citizens by the judicial and security system </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='12663'> Harana reported that Sedigh Ba'Ekram is on medical leave with bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20154'> According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, The Branch 48 of the Supreme Court has violated Rasoul Azizi, Mohammad Zaher Faramarzi, Jalal Masroori, Kamal Masroori, Yaghoub Baekram, Hedayat Abdollahpour and Sedigh Baekram and filed the case with Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia. In addition to Sedigh Baekram who had previously released on bail, the first five were released on bail of 200 million (approximately 60 thousand USD) Tomans in the following month </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20619'> Human Rights Organization reported that after judge Sheikhlou sentenced Hedayat Abdollahpour to death in 2016, the case went to Branch 47 of the Supreme Court and returned to the Revolutionary Court of Urmia after the filing of objections. According to this report, judges Saeed Ahmadi and Ghazizadeh condemned Mr. Abdollahpour to death. Iran Human Rights Organization has published an image of a document based on which Mr. Abdollahpour was charged with being a member of the Democratic Party of Iran's Kurdistan Party and for complicity in armed action by keeping members of the party at home and providing food and supplies to them. Given the fact that according to this document, even under the title of Mr. Abdollahpour's charges, armed action is not included, the death sentence is inappropriate under Article 287 of the Islamic Penal Code, according to the interpretation of some lawyers. The image of this document is recorded in the evidence section of Hedayat Abdollahpour's profile in Atlas </coverage-outsourcing>