The Committee of Human Rights Reporters,
Navid Khanjani, a human rights activist and student of Baha’i faith banned from higher education was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined by Judge Pirabbasi of branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court.
The four-page sentence handed down to his lawyer Shima Ghoosheh on January 30, 2011 is the longest prison term that a human rights activist has received. His trial took place on December 20, 2010.
Navid Khanjani was charged with “Acting against national security”, “Propaganda against the regime”, “Disturbing public order”, “Libel”, “Founding the Baha’i Education Rights Committee”, and “Membership in [two human rights organizations], the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) and Human Rights Activists (HRA)”.
In another written sentence, which was previously given to his lawyer, Navid Khanjani was also banned from leaving the country.
Navid Khanjani was arrested in Isfahan on March 11, 2010. After spending 65 days in ward 2A of Evin prison, and the first 25 days in solitary confinement, he was released on a $100 thousand USD bail. During his detention, in addition to being subjected to intense interrogations, he was forced to record [false] confessions against himself while under duress.
