To serve her 5-year sentence, Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi transferred to Evin Prison
31-December-2021
Category: Prisoners، Women
31-December-2021
Newsgroups: Women – Prisoners – Repression –
Breathing in Confinement: The civil activist Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi was transferred to Evin Prison on Wednesday, December 29, to serve her five-year sentence.
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, the civil activist, Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi was sent to Evin Prison to serve five years in prison. , Earlier, she had been summoned to Sentence Implementation Unit of the Evin Court.
Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, headed by Seyed Ali Mazloum. The sentence was upheld in Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals. According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, the most severe punishment, i.e. 5 years imprisonment, is applicable to Ms. Makvandi.
Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi was arrested by security agents in Tehran on November 12, 2019 and transferred to Ward 2A in Evin Prison- the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center. At the time of her arrest, security agents searched her home and seized some of her personal belongings, including her mobile phone and tablet. A while later, Ms. Makvandi was released from Evin Prison on bail awaiting the court’s decision.
Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi had previously also been arrested and convicted in 2009.