Elham Choubdar
Additional Name(s): الهام چوبدار
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Unspecified
Sentence: Death
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: LGBTI+ Rights
Nature of Charges: Miscellaneous Religious Crimes
Elham Choubdar
Extra Bio Info:
Elham Choubdar is imprisoned for her LGBTI+ identity through religious motivated grounds.
On an unspecified date around late 2021, authorities arrested Choubdar in relation to her real or perceived LGBTI+ identity and social media activities in support of LGBTI+ rights.
In September 2022, it was reported that the Urmia Revolutionary Court sentenced Choubdar to death for "committing corruption on Earth" (Art. 286 IPC) by "trafficking women to the Kurdistan region of Iraq."
In March 2023, it was reported that Choubdar had been released on bail.
In February 2024, it was reported that Choubdar had been arrested to serve out the rest of her sentence.
Related Cases: Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani
Sources:
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ARAM Iran, Tweet, February 28, 2024
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USCIRF Commissioners Sharon Kleinbaum and Eric Ueland, Tweet, March 15, 2023
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HRANA English, Tweet, March 14, 2023
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"Elham Choubdar" United for Iran
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"Iran: UN experts demand stay of execution for two women, including LGBT activist" UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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"Iran: Iranian LGBTI defender sentenced to death: Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani & Elham Choubdar" Amnesty International
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"Fact sheet on Zahra Sadighi Hamedani (Sareh) and Elham Choubdar" 6Rang
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USCIRF Commissioners Sharon Kleinbaum and Eric Ueland, Tweet, September 7, 2022
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"Two Iranian Women Sentenced To Death For LGBT Activism" Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
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"Urmia Revolutionary Court has sentenced Zahra Sedighi Hamedani and Elham Choobdar to death" Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)