Atsa Ahmadaei

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Activities/Rights: Religious rights, Baha’i

Status: Released on bail

Judicial status: 8 years imprisonment

Violations: Religious discrimination, arbitrary arrest and detention, lack of due process, unfair trial, prolonged solitary confinement

Atsa Ahmadaei is a Baha’i woman who formally requested to incorporate an NGO to support women. Though her request was rejected by the Interior Ministry due to her religious faith, Atsa was arrested on 20 January 2019 and transferred to Ward 240 of Evin Prison before being released on bail of 200 million tomans after 45 days. On 13 may 2021, Atsa She was sentenced to four years imprisonment for “forming a group to act against national security through requesting an NGO licence from the Interior Ministry”, three years imprisonment for “assembly and collusion to act against national security” and a year for “propaganda against the system” by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Afshari. This is while her case had been at Branch 28 of the Court, presided over by Judge Amouzad for two years. However, it was unlawfully transferred to Branch 26 due to it being a Baha’i case and Judge Afshari insulted Atsa throughout the proceedings.