Saba Azarpeik (Persian: صبا آذرپیک) is an Iranian journalist associated with the Iranian reformist movement.
2014 arrest edit
On 28 May 2014, Iranian security forces arrested Azarpeik at the Tehran offices of Tejarat-e-Farda, a pro-reform weekly where she had been working.[1]
She is reportedly being held in Ward 2-A of Evin Prison and has been charged with "propaganda against the state" and "dissemination of falsehoods."[2]
After 85 days in prison (solitary confinement), on 20 August, she was finally released on bail.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Journalist Saba Azarpeik arrested in Iran". The Guardian. 28 May 2014.
- ^ "New Wave of Arrests and Prison Sentences Against Journalists". International Campaign for Human Rights. 10 July 2014.
- ^ "صبا آذرپیک به قید وثیقه آزاد شد". Persian Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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