Hadi Haidari Released from Evin Prison

HRANA News Agency – Hadi Haidari, press cartoonist was released from ward number 8 of Evin prison on parole.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hadi Haidari who had been arrested on November 16, 2015, was released on parole.
Hadi Haidari had previously been arrested and imprisoned, too. Among them, one time he was arrested during a religious ritual of Komail on October 22, 2009 and transferred to ward 209 in Evin prison. He was released on the bail on November 9, 2009. He also was arrested after being summoned to the court on December 18, 2010 and released on the bail on December 26, 2010. Last time, he was arrested after the publication of a cartoon with the name of “Chashm Bandan” (Eye closers), in Shargh newspaper and was released on the bail after the interrogations.
Even though there was no explanation about his detention by the security forces during his arrest, and his lawyer had no information about this arrest, but Hadi Haidari informed his family that he was arrested to serve the sentence of 1 year of imprisonment from his previous case.
Hadi Haidari, worked in the newspapers like Jamee, Neshat, Asr Azadegan, Aftab Emruz, Yas-e-No and Asr-e-Ma weekly as journalist and later became art director and design and cartoon manager of newspapers like Mosharekat, Norouz, Vaghaey Ettefaghiyeh, Eghbal, Etemad Melli, Bahar and Pool.
In 2010 he was the design manager of Shargh newspaper and recently he was working with Shahrvand newspaper.

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