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| Concern for Iran female activist | Concern for Iran female activist |
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| Seven human rights groups including Amnesty International have urged Iran to set aside a prison sentence for women's rights activist Delaram Ali. | |
| Dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been detained or given jail sentences in recent months, accused of acting against the state. | Dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been detained or given jail sentences in recent months, accused of acting against the state. |
| Delaram Ali was sentenced to a flogging and two-and-a-half years in prison. | Delaram Ali was sentenced to a flogging and two-and-a-half years in prison. |
| She was part of a demonstration last year calling for greater rights for women in Iran's Islamic legal system. | She was part of a demonstration last year calling for greater rights for women in Iran's Islamic legal system. |
| The 24-year-old says the security forces broke her left hand when they beat up the demonstrators. | The 24-year-old says the security forces broke her left hand when they beat up the demonstrators. |
| Chilling warning | Chilling warning |
| Delaram Ali has been free while awaiting the result of an appeal. | |
| But she has now been told to give herself up by Saturday so the sentence can be implemented. | |
| She says she has not been allowed to file a complaint against the police. | She says she has not been allowed to file a complaint against the police. |
| Instead an internal inquiry recently exonerated the police even though foreign journalists witnessed them beating the women who were singing feminist songs while sitting peacefully on the grass in a public square. | Instead an internal inquiry recently exonerated the police even though foreign journalists witnessed them beating the women who were singing feminist songs while sitting peacefully on the grass in a public square. |
| What is notable about Delaram Ali is that she is not a well-known leader of Iran's feminist movement who has repeatedly challenged the government. | What is notable about Delaram Ali is that she is not a well-known leader of Iran's feminist movement who has repeatedly challenged the government. |
| The BBC's Frances Harrison says her punishment will be a chilling warning to anyone thinking of dabbling with politics. | |
| And it comes as the Iranian Writers Association has talked of the increasing suppression of the press - with writers, journalists, academics, labour and social activists being arrested and newspapers closed down one after another. | And it comes as the Iranian Writers Association has talked of the increasing suppression of the press - with writers, journalists, academics, labour and social activists being arrested and newspapers closed down one after another. |
| One of Iran's most outspoken human rights activists, Emadeddin Baghi, was arrested last month and there has been no news of him since. | One of Iran's most outspoken human rights activists, Emadeddin Baghi, was arrested last month and there has been no news of him since. |
| He was a man who tirelessly campaigned for the rights of political prisoners - only to become one himself. | He was a man who tirelessly campaigned for the rights of political prisoners - only to become one himself. |
| Courts have also recently upheld jail sentences for the leaders of Iran's bus drivers' union and teachers' organisations after protests over low pay. | Courts have also recently upheld jail sentences for the leaders of Iran's bus drivers' union and teachers' organisations after protests over low pay. |