The trial of the three detainees of November 2019 uprisings is being postponed for the fourth time
29-June-2021
Category: Prisoners
29-June-2021
Newsgroup: Prisoners –
The hearing on the charges against Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi and Mohammad Rajabi, three detainees of the November 2019 uprisings, was postponed for the fourth time. The three had previously sentenced to death by Tehran Revolutionary Court, as well as a total of 38 years in prison and 222 lashes. However, after the Supreme Court revoked their death sentences and accepted their request for retrial, their cases were referred to a court of equal level.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, the hearing on the charges against Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi and Mohammad Rajabi, the three detainees of the November 2019 uprisings, was postponed for the fourth time.
In early December last year, the request of these three political prisoners for retrial was accepted by Branch 1 of the Supreme Court, where their death sentences were overturned, and their cases were referred to Branch 23 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran as a branch of equal level. However, as the head of this branch was changed, the hearing was postponed to March 12, 2021. Once again, and this time because of the absence of the second judge, the court session was postponed. Today, June 29, 2021, was the previously set time for the hearing which was postponed again for an unknown reason, while no date has been scheduled for the next hearing.
Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi and Mohammad Rajabi, three detainees of the November 2019 protests, had previously been sentenced to death by Tehran Revolutionary Court. In addition to the death penalty, the three prisoners were sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison as well as 222 lashes. Following widespread international and domestic protests however, their request for retrial was accepted by the Supreme Court, where their death sentences were annulled and their case was referred to a court of equal level.
After the announcement of death sentence for these three young prisoners, widespread protest campaigns were formed on social media, making “#Do_not_execute” the first trend in the world on Twitter which attracted a wide international attention.