Abdolreza Ahmadi

Abdolreza Ahmadi (, ; born 16 June 1981) is an Iranian activist who was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. he has been a Journalist, blogger, human rights activist and women’s rights activist since 2006. He has been an active member of One Million Signature Campaign since 2007 in Karaj and Tehran. He also has been a human rights activist, working on violence of human rights in Iran, reporting, documenting and publicizing political prisoner’s condition and supporting their families. He was a member of “Human rights activists in Iran” –HRAI- since 2006 and co-operated with “Human Rights Activists News Agency” –HRANA - since 2009 as well. Mr. Ahmadi has also been the editor of the social column of a newspaper named “Hosban” between June 2009 to March 2010. His interviews and articles have been published on the website of International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Radio Zamaneh,DRadio Wissen and Radio Farda.He is a researcher at the Center for Iranian liberalism.He is the one responsible for the campaign "No to Imposed Veils" .The campaign in the World Cup "The Bobs" won first place in 2013.

Arrests and threats
Abdolreza Ahmadi was detained on March 3, 2010. The intelligence agents entered his parent’s house after presenting a search and arrest warrant. After conducting a thorough search and seizing his personal items, the agents forced his family to lure him back to the home under the pretext that his mother was in critical condition. Upon his arrival, he was arrested and taken to Evin prison where he spent more than 5 month under severe torture and serious questioning. He was held in ward 2A of Evin prison and beside physical and mental pressures he was kept in solitary confinement as well and was banned from contacting family via phone and visit. He was released after 5 months of detention by $150,000 bail. Mr. Ahmadi has been sentenced to 3 years in prison by 26 branch of Iran’s revolutionary court for acting against national security and disturbing public opinion and this sentence was finalized in appeal court as well. In March 2010, a significant amount of human rights activists were arrested across Iran. Following the arrests, state media began to fabricate a case against the arrested activists and called the operation the annihilation of the cyber network

Resources

 * DRadio Wissen
 * Radio Zamaneh
 * Radio Farda