Three Azerbaijani activists are sentenced to imprisonment

HRANA News Agency – Naser Kazempour and Bahram Akhouninejad have been sentenced to 100 days imprisonment and Majid Sefidani to six months.

Naghi Mahmoudi the lawyer and human rights activist told HRANA reporter “Due to the issued verdict in branch one of Tabriz revolutionary court by judge Hamlbar, Naser Kazempour and Bahram Akhouninejad have been sentenced to 100 days imprisonment and Majid Sefidani to six months on charge of propagating against Islamic republic regime.

Bahram Akhouninejad and Majid Sefidani were exonerated from the accusation of membership in illegal groups with intention of making disturbance in the national order and insulting to the founder of Islamic republic regime. As well Naser Kazemnejad got exoneration for the accusation of insulting the founder of the Islamic republic regime.

Their trial was held on September 11, 2013 in branch one of Tabriz revolutionary court by judge Hamlbar.

“In this trial all of three accused men were tried in branch 8 of Tabriz revolutionary court by judge Hassan Hashemzadeh and based on common charges of collaboration on establishing illegal group with intention of acting against national security, attending in propagating against the Islamic republic regime, collecting the illegal money and insulting on founder of the Islamic republic and the current leader of the regime.”

The three activists were arrested between June 11 and June 13, 2013 in their workplaces in Tabriz by the raid of intelligence plainclothes.