Additional Name(s): Haideh Ram, هایده رام
Gender: Female
Current Location: Adilabad Prison, Shiraz
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June/17/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Online Activity Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials
Hayedeh Ram is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2017, intelligence agents of Bushehr province arrested Ram and several other Baha’is.
On an unspecified date, Ram was released on bail.
In May 2021, the Dashtestan Revolutionary Court reportedly sentenced Ram to 12 years and six months in prison for “assisting in propaganda activities against the regime by spreading the beliefs of the Baha’i sect, producing and publishing vulgar images in social media, and acting against national security by publishing the Baha’i sect’s ideas.” Ram would have been expected to serve 10 years in prison as the sentences ran concurrently.
In August 2021, Branch 4 of Bushehr Province Court of Appeals sentenced Ram to 10 years and 9 months in prison for “assisting in propaganda against The Regime through spreading the beliefs of the Baha’i sect, producing and publishing vulgar images in cyberspace and social networks, and acting against the National Security through publishing and propagating the ideology of the Baha’i sect." Ram is expected to serve 10 years in prison as the sentences run concurrently.
On June 17, 2022, Ram was taken into custody to begin serving her sentence at Adilabad Prison, Shiraz.
"Hayedeh Ram" United for Iran
"44 Iranian Baha’is arrested, arraigned or jailed in June as leading human rights figure says situation is “getting worse”" Bahá’í International Community
"Baha’i Citizen Haideh Ram Transferred to Prison; Five Others Summoned to Begin Sentences" Iran Press Watch
"شهروندان بهائی؛ هایده رام به زندان منتقل شد/ احضار پنج تن دیگر به اجرای احکام" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
"2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran" U.S. Department of State
"Iran court sentences six Baha’is citizens to 73 years of prison" Iran Human Rights Monitor
Additional Name(s): Fardin Nadafian Qamsari, فردین ندافیان قمصری
Gender: Male
Current Location: Evin Prison, Tehran
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Appeal: Rejected
Sentence: 1 Year's Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June/18/2022
Date of Release: February//2023
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Fardin Naddafian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2019, Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolution Court reportedly sentenced Naddafian to one year in prison on unspecified charges.
On an unspecified date, an appeals court upheld the verdict.
On June 18, 2022, Naddafian was taken into custody to begin serving his sentence in Evin Prison.
In February 2023, Naddafian was released.
Photo attributed to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
خبرگزاری هرانا, Tweet, February 11, 2023
"44 Iranian Baha’is arrested, arraigned or jailed in June as leading human rights figure says situation is “getting worse”" Bahá’í International Community
"شهروند بهائی؛ فردین ندافیان قمصری راهی زندان اوین شد" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
Additional Name(s): رەناگۈل غېنى, 热纳古丽·艾尼
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Uyghur
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 17 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Renagul Gheni is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.
In 2018, authorities in Cherchen (Qiemo) county, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Gheni, an elementary school art teacher and painter, reportedly in relation to prayers she offered at her father's funeral and for possessing a Qur'an. Gheni's arrest came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in XUAR.
On an unspecified date, Gheni was reportedly sentenced to 17 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Gheni is married with two children.
Photo attributed to Xinjiang Victims Database
"Renagul Gheni" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Renagul Gheni" Xinjiang Victims Database
"Uyghur Woman, Family Harassed by Authorities in China’s Xinjiang After Brief Meeting With US Official" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
"Their Uyghur relatives are imprisoned in China. From Virginia, they plead for help." Washington Post