Rights activist Maryam Karimbeigi has been sentenced to a few years and 7 months in jail for attending a live performance by the favored Iranian singer Ebi in Turkey.

Amir Raisian, Karimbeigi’s lawyer, advised the Modara web site on August 1 that the Islamic Revolutionary Court docket of Tehran lately handed down the sentence for the cost of “meeting and collusion with the intention of committing a criminal offense in opposition to nationwide safety.”

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She additionally was sentenced to 1 yr in jail for the “crime of propaganda in opposition to the system,” and for a cost of “possessing alcoholic drinks” she was sentenced to 1 yr in jail plus a fantastic and 74 lashes. Underneath Iranian legislation, solely essentially the most extreme punishment is served.

Karimbeigi, whose brother, Mostafa Karimbeigi, was killed within the crackdown that adopted mass avenue protests over the disputed June 2009 presidential vote, was arrested on June 14.

Karimbeigi as soon as wrote on social media that it was her dream to attend an Ebi live performance and was invited by the singer himself to an occasion in Turkey. An image from backstage of that live performance, which she posted on social media, was then used in opposition to her, with authorities saying she had acted in opposition to nationwide safety.

Karimbeigi and her mom, Shahnaz Akmali, have change into outspoken defenders of rights for these killed throughout peaceable protests in Iran since Mostafa Karimbeigi was shot and killed by Iranian safety forces throughout widespread protests following a disputed 2009 presidential election.

In April, Karimbeigi was summoned to the safety workplace on the Islamic Azad College, Science and Analysis Department, to obtain an official clarification after she was allegedly expelled from the varsity whereas learning for her grasp’s diploma in sociology.

Shahnaz Akmali was additionally sentenced in October 2019 to 1 yr in jail and barred from posting on social media and banned from leaving Iran.

With reporting and writing by Ardeshir Tayebi