Mahdi Tajik

Mahdi Tajik
Born (1981-07-11) July 11, 1981 (age 43)
Iran Tehran, Iran
OccupationJournalist-political prisoner politically active

Mahdi Tajik (born 1981, Tehran) is an Iranian students’ activist, journalist and political prisoner. He was arrested for the first time in 2005 by the security forces. He was also arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 2006, for founding a student activist organization. In the same year, the Revolutionary Court sentenced him to two and a half years in prison which was reduced to cash surcharge afterwards.[1]

For the third time, Mahdi Tajik was arrested in January 2010 and transferred to the section 350 of Evin prison.[2] He was sentenced to 27 months of prison and 30 years of prohibition from any interview, journalism, writing articles, membership and political activity in any political parties.[3][4] He also begins serving his sentence on 12 Feb 2013 and released on furlough on 05 Oct 2013.[5][6][7]


References

  1. ^ "Summoning of Tehran University Student Activist, Mahdi Tajik". Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "Two University of Tehran Students Arrested". Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "Shirin Ebadi in her report on the situation of human rights in Iran". Retrieved 2013-02-22.
  4. ^ "Summoning of Tehran University Student Activist, Mahdi Tajik". Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Prisoner Record Created: Mehdi Tajik". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  7. ^ "2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Iran". Retrieved 24 May 2012.