Faranak Farid

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2012-028-002
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2012
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 32.427908

Longitude: 53.688046

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Iran
From Region
Type of record
Named individual
Gender
Female
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity

Members of the Campaign for Equality (One Million Signatures campaign)

Type of rights defended
  • Women’s rights
Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

participated in the Commission on the Status of Women's session in 2010

Engagement with UN body
  • UN General Assembly: CSW
Dates of engagement
2010
Type of attempted engagement
  • Participation in meeting on UN premises
Dates of mentioned reprisals
3 September 2011; February 2012
Location of mentioned reprisals
Tabriz
Reprisal information

was arrested in Tabriz on 3 September 2011. She was charged with having undertaken propaganda against the State, and during her trial in February 2012 the court cited her attendance at overseas conferences on women‟s rights.

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Trial
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
Yes
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0