A Kurdish human rights activist was released on bail

23:14 - 15 September 2018
Kursdistan Press Agency (Kurdpa): A Kurdish human rights activist was released on bail.

According to reports received by our agency, today, Tuesday, the 15th of September, Aram Fathi, a Kurdish human rights activist, from Mariwan, was released on bail.

He was arrested on charge of ‘supporting in the Kurdish public strike’ and ‘disturbing public opinion’ three days ago.

on Sunday, the 26th of August, after two years, the Aram fathi’s two-year-imprisonment sentence was overturned by the Sanandaj Appeal Court.

On January 30, 2017, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment on charge of ‘’propaganda against the regime through setting up ‘No to Kill Kolbaran campaign’ and protesting against ‘the death roads’’ by the Revolutionary court of Mariwan.

Accused of those charges, he had been arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Service in December 2017.

In another case, Aram has been sentenced to a year suspended imprisonment for a three-year-duration on charge of ‘illegally crossing the border’ by Tehran Ghods Court. Aram’s appeal regarding to this conviction has not yet been heard.

Aram Fathi is one of the famous human rights activists in Mariwan. He teaches Kurdish writing in Vajin Literary, Cultural Organization.