Matin Hasani, Kurdish Protestor Injured in His Eye During 2019 Protests, Arrested to Serve Prison Term

Hengaw; Tuesday, 27 August 2024

Matin Hasani, protestor Injured in his eye during 2019 protests, and a resident of Bukan, was arrested to serve his prison sentence and transferred to the central prison of this city. He had previously been sentenced to 31 months in prison by the Revolutionary Court.

According to a report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, on Monday, August 26, 2024, Matin Hasani, protestor Injured in his eye during November 2019 protests, was detained after being summoned to execute the prison sentence and was transferred to the central prison of Bukan to serve his sentence.

This victim of brutality of security forces had previously announced in a video that he needed to report to the central prison of Bukan in the coming days to serve his prison sentence.

In late May 2024, Matin Hasani was sentenced to 31 months of imprisonment by Branch 101 of the Second Criminal Court of this city. He appeared in a court hearing on Thursday, May 16, 2024, to face charges of "inciting or provoking people to war and killing each other with the intention of disturbing national security" and "propaganda against the regime."

Matin Hasani, one of the protestors of November 2019, was arrested on Wednesday, January 23, 2024, when security forces raided his family’s home in Bukan.

This eye injury victim was eventually temporarily released on Thursday, February 22 of the previous year, after posting bail of one billion tomans, pending the completion of judicial proceedings from the central prison of Bukan.

It is worth mentioning that Matin Hasani sustained an injury to his left eye by gunfire from the Iranian Security forces during the bloody November 2019 uprising.

In December 2019, while he was in Tehran for treatment of his injured eye, he was arrested by officers at a medical center and was later released on bail.