hey Waited all Day for Her, But Fariba Did Not Come

Fariba Pajooh’s status remains uncertain, despite the fact that her case is now in the hands of the Revolutionary Court.

HRA- The prisoners’ rights unit of HRA reports that according to previous promises, Fariba Pajouh’s family waited for hours at the Revoutionary Court to attend Fariba’s scheduled hearing but she was not brought in to court.

Pajouh’s family told the HRA: “We went to the court at 10 a.m. this morning as told by the investigative Judge [to attend the scheduled hearing of our daughter]. The judge said he was told by Evin that they did not have any officer to accompany Fariba to court, but he promised to personally follow up and advised us to stay. Later at 11:00 he told us again to stay and the same happened at 13:00. Finally at the end of work day at around 15:30, they did not bring Fariba to court.”

This is the latest in a series of similar incidents which have put Judiciary’s independence under serious doubt. Evin interrogators have repeatedly refused to comply with orders given by judges, investigative judges and even the Tehran Prosecutor.

Also, all today’s prison visits were cancelled and several MPs, judiciary officials and the Tehran Prosecutor had reportedly gone to Evin.

Pajouh family said: “We do not know what they have done or what the outcome of their visit has been. We are even worried as to why the visit cancellations and the officials’ visits have coincided. Has something happened inside Evin or have they gone to speed up the cases? We are extremely worried for Fariba’s situation after her 93-day detention, especially as she is not in good mental condition.

Fariba Pajooh (journalist, detained since 93 days ago) and Azar Mansouri (political deputy of the Participation Front, detained since 1 month ago) share their 9 square meter prison cell with 3 other prisoners.The blogger and journalist, Fariba Pajooh, has been detained since her arrest on August 22nd, 2009. She was kept for 30 days in solitary confinement and subjected to different pressure techniques. 3 months after her arrest, judiciary authorities have yet to decide on her status.