Bahareh Hedayat is an Iranian activist and campaigner for women's rights.
13 Facts About Bahareh Hedayat
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Bahareh Hedayat was one of the activists who worked on the One Million Signatures campaign to change laws that discriminate against women in Iran.
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Bahareh Hedayat graduated from the University of Economic Sciences in Tehran.
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Bahareh Hedayat was a student at the University of Tehran in the School of Economics.
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Bahareh Hedayat experienced severe negligence and was denied access to her medical needs at various times throughout her imprisonment.
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Bahareh Hedayat was on occasion denied family visits and phone calls.
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Bahareh Hedayat was arrested on July 9,2007, and on August 9,2007, but released on bail.
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Bahareh Hedayat was again arrested and released in 2008 and in 2010 was sentenced to nine and a half years imprisonment for anti-state propaganda.
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Bahareh Hedayat was arrested for her participation in a peaceful gathering to condemn the downing of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in January 2020 and has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.
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On 10 February 2020, Bahareh Hedayat was arrested by Tehran University security police.
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Bahareh Hedayat was again arrested by security forces in Tehran on Monday, October 11,2022, amid the Mahsa Amini protests.
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Bahareh Hedayat started a hunger strike on August 31,2023.
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In 2012 Bahareh Hedayat was awarded the Edelstam Prize for outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for one's beliefs in defense of Human Rights.