Journalist and CHRR member Shiva Nazar Ahari is still held in Evin prison in an uncertain condition, while her trial which was supposed to be held on 23 May 2010 has been postponed for unknown reasons. Mr. Pir-Abbasi, the judge who was supposed to preside over Shiva’s postponed hearing, has promised her family that he would hold this court session upon aggregating all of her cases.
According to Free Journalist weblog, Shiva Nazar Ahari has been confined in solitary for over 100 days and is currently detained in women’s ward of Evin prison.
Shiva was arrested and sent to Evin on 13 June 2009, one day after the disputed presidential election. She was released after three months on $200,000 bail, but was later arrested again on 20 December 2009 in Tehran on her way to attend Ayatollah Montazeri’s funeral in Qom. Her court heraing has not been held during this time and she is still detained in undecided status.
The family of Shiva Nazar Ahari complain about the current situation and ask her case’s interrogator to shed light on her condition as she has been in prison limbo for almost a year. They also call on the judiciary officials to look into her case which is to be investigated by Judge Pir-Abbasi in branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court.