Eleven arrested in Marvdasht for writing critical posts on Instagram
18-January-2020
Category: Freedom of Expression
Breathing in Confinement – on Thursday, January 16, 2020, police commander of Mardvdasht County announced arresting the administrators of an Instagram page. He described the reason for their arrest as “creating skepticism towards some of the officials in the city.”
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, quoting ISNA, the commander of the police force in Fars province announced the arrest of 11 activists on this Instagram page. Three of these detainees were the main administrator and eight were identified as active members, he said.
” By publishing material against some of the state offices and agencies and spreading charges against them, the executives of Marvdashtbartar page were provoking an atmosphere of skepticism and mistrust in their audiences in order to destabilize the city’s political and security environment, said police commander.”
It is noteworthy that Iran has occupied one of the highest ranks in violation of freedom of expression.