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December 16, 2020 02:53:21 pm An Iranian court sentenced British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady to nine years in jail on Sunday for “subversive” research work. Iran has arrested dozens of dual nationals in the past few years. Many rights activists and organizations, such as Human Rights Watch, have been critical of and reported on many of the arrests. Ahmady is an anthropologist and researcher whose research focuses on local culture, children, women and minority rights. As a result of his research on issues such as child marriage and female genital mutilation in Iran, he was detain...
Tehran Court Slams a 9-Year Jail Sentence on UK-Iranian Anthropologist For 'Subversive' Research Published December 14th, 2020 - 01:22 GMT British-Iranian academic Kameel Ahmady (Twitter) Highlights “Ahmady was accused of acquiring illicit property from his cooperation in implementing subversive institutions’ projects in the country,” Tasnim said. A court in Iran has handed a nine-year jail sentence to British-Iranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady, after convicting him of conducting “subversive” research work, the semi-official news agency Tasnim said on Sunday. Ahmady was als...
A file photo of British-Iranian academic Kameel Ahmady. | Kameel Ahmady/Facebook. British-Iranian academic Kameel Ahmady has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court in Tehran for “collaborating with a hostile government”, BBC reported on Monday. Ahmady is known for his research about child marriage, female genital mutilation and sexuality in Iran. A report by Reuters, citing news agency Tasnim, however, said that Ahmady was given a nine-year jail-term. It added that Ahmady received funds from institutions trying to overthrow the Iranian regime. The research...
Iran sentences British-Iranian researcher to 9 years prison for 'subversive' work Social researcher Kameel Ahmady has also been fined €600,000 on charges of trying to topple the Iranian regime. His research consisted of controversial topics such as child marriage and female genital mutilation. He was jailed for nine years and fined €600,000 Iran sentenced British-Iranian researcher Kameel Ahmady to nine years in prison on Sunday, Iranian news agency Tasnim reported. The anthropologist and social researcher was convicted of conducting "subversive" research work. He was also fined €6...