Additional Name(s): سید امین عباسی
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Yarsani
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: November/30/2022
Date of Release: January/2/2022
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Civil Rights Work for Religious Communities Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Syeed-Amin Abbasi
Extra Bio Info:
Syeed-Amin Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi, and five other Yarsani civil activists on their way to Bisotun, Kermanshah province.
On January 2, 2023, Abbasi was reportedly released on bail.
Related Cases: Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi, Seyyed-Karam Abbasi, Kaki Farzad Almasi, Siavash Hayati, Mansour Safayi
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"سه شهروند یارسان با تودیع قرار آزاد شدند" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
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"Yarsan Civil Activist Seyyed-Karam Abbasi Arrested" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
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"ساوه؛ سید کرم عباسی، شهروند یارسان بازداشت شد" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
Additional Name(s): سید کرم عباسی
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Yarsani
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/1/2022
Date of Release: January/2/2023
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Civil Rights Work for Religious Communities Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Seyyed-Karam Abbasi
Extra Bio Info:
Seyyed-Karam Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On December 1, 2022, authorities in Saveh reportedly beat and arrested Abbasi, a Yarsani civil activist.
On January 2, 2023, Abbasi was reportedly released on bail.
Related Cases: Syeed-Amin Abbasi, Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi, Kaki Farzad Almasi, Siavash Hayati, Mansour Safayi
Sources:
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"سه شهروند یارسان با تودیع قرار آزاد شدند" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
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"Yarsan Civil Activist Seyyed-Karam Abbasi Arrested" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
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"ساوه؛ سید کرم عباسی، شهروند یارسان بازداشت شد" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)
Dec 2, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Victims List – This factsheet provides a background of USCIRF’s FoRB Victims List, a database that catalogues victims who have been detained, imprisoned, placed under house arrest, disappeared, forced to renounce their faith, and tortured for their religious belief, religious activity, and religious freedom advocacy. The report summarizes the FoRB Victims List’s congressional mandate as well as the standards and processes for including persons on the list.
USCIRF’s FoRB Victims List includes over 1,800 profiles. The following highlights some of the victims included in the database:
- Nicaragua arrested Bishop Rolando Álvarez for criticizing the government’s ongoing crackdown
- Iran intensified its campaign against Baha’is like Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi
- Russia abducted Ukrainian clergy like Pastor Leonid Ponomaryov and Tatyana Ponomaryov
- Saudi Arabia handed down harsh prison sentences to Salma al-Shehab and Jalal Labbad
- Pakistan sentenced Notan Lal to life imprisonment for blasphemy
- Vietnam allowed An Dan Dai Dao founder Phan Van Thu to die in prison
- China continued to prosecute Falun Gong practitioners like Xu Na on “cult” charges
In its 2022 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. Department of State designate 15 countries as CPCs for engaging in or tolerating “particularly severe violations of religious freedom.” It also recommended 12 countries for placement on the SWL and seven non-state actors for redesignation as EPCs.
Individuals and organizations with credible information on victims can submit that information for possible inclusion in the database using the FoRB Victims List Intake Form.
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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the U.S. Congress to monitor, analyze, and report on religious freedom abroad. USCIRF makes foreign policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress intended to deter religious persecution and promote freedom of religion and belief. To interview a Commissioner, please contact USCIRF at [email protected].