Hakimeh Shokri, a supporter of political prisoners’ families, was arrested on October 22, 2012 in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery for taking part in a memorial ceremony held for Amir Arshad Tajmir, a martyr of the 2009 uprisings. Shokri was sentenced to three years prison on charges of activities against national security and propaganda against the establishment.
She has been in Evin prison since and despite the fact that her actual ‘crime’ is supporting grieving mothers and expressing sympathy with the families of political prisoners, which she has admitted to and defended her actions.