- Target:
- HRW, EU members Ban Ki Moon, Ahmed Shaheed , Amnesty , UN, Navi Pillay
- Region:
- Iran
- Website:
- www.facebook.com
Muhammad Hussein Nakh`i ( محمد حسین نخعی ) has been released, from Birjand and Semnan prisons, respectively. Mr. Nakh`i, who is 87 years old, lives in the village of Khusef, near Birjand. He was Iran’s oldest prisoner of conscience. He was detained on May 14, 2012, and sentenced to one year in prison, a fine of 6 million rials (360 euros; 500 US dollars), and a five-year suspended sentence, on charges of propaganda against the regime in the form of teaching the Bahai Faith, and membership of the Bahai community. He has completed the one year in prison.
UPDATE : Sen´s Daily April 28 , 2013
Muhammad Hussein Nakh`i ( محمد حسین نخعی ) has been released, from Birjand and Semnan prisons, respectively. Mr. Nakh`i, who is 87 years old, lives in the village of Khusef, near Birjand. He was Iran’s oldest prisoner of conscience. He was detained on May 14, 2012, and sentenced to one year in prison, a fine of 6 million rials (360 euros; 500 US dollars), and a five-year suspended sentence, on charges of propaganda against the regime in the form of teaching the Bahai Faith, and membership of the Bahai community. He has completed the one year in prison.
UPDATE : February 1, 2013
Sentence Reduced for 85 years old #Baha´i Muhammad Hussein Nakh`i #IRAN
Sen´s Daily February 1, 2013
The review court for South Khorasan province has reduced the sentence of 85-year-old Muhammad Hussein Nakh`i ( محمد حسین نخعی ), from three years in prison and three years suspended imprisonment, to one year in prison, plus a fine of 6 million rials (360 euros; 500 US dollars).
He has been detained since May 14, 2012, and has been found guilty of propaganda against the regime in the form of teaching the Bahai Faith, and membership of the Bahai community.
Source : Sen´s Daily
UPDATE Sen´s Daily January 6 , 2013
85-year-old Muhammad Hussein Nakh`i ( محمد حسین نخعی ), who has been detained since May 14, 2012, has been denied the right to use the telphone and receive visits in prison, for no apparent reason. He was arrested in the small town of Khusf, and is imprisoned in Birjand, a provincial capital close to the Afghan border. Although he requires constant medical care due to his age, and his relatives live in Tehran, family visits and telephone calls have not been allowed for some time. He has been found guilty of propaganda against the regime in the form of teaching the Bahai Faith, and membership of the Bahai community, and sentenced to three years in prison and three years suspended imprisonment, and this sentence has been confirmed by the review court.
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HRANA News Agency – 85 years old Baha'i citizen, Mohammad Husein Nakha'i was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohammad Husein Nakha'i, 85 years old Baha'i citizen from Birjand city was detained five months ago with the charges of propaganda against regime and being member of Baha'i Community was sentenced to 3 years in prison by local revolutionary court.
He had also passed five years in prison in Gonbad in the first decade of the Islamic Republic Regime for his faith.
Immediate & Unconditional Release of Mohammad Husein Nakha'i.
The FREE 85 years old Baha'i citizen, Mohammad Husein Nakha'i petition to HRW, EU members Ban Ki Moon, Ahmed Shaheed , Amnesty , UN, Navi Pillay was written by Anette Meyer and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.