Editor’s note: Journalist Rojin Mohammadi was released on bail from Evin Prison on December 7, 2011, after spending about two weeks in detention. Her case remained open and no verdict was issued.
Rojin Mohammadi, an Iranian medical student and political blogger based in Manila, was arrested on November 14, 2011 when she arrived at Tehran’s international airport on a flight from Istanbul, according to news accounts. She was free on bail for several days before being summoned back to Evin Prison in late November, according to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters.
Security agents confiscated her laptop computer and other belongings. The committee, citing unnamed sources, said Mohammadi was placed in solitary confinement at Evin Prison. A judge based at the prison charged her with "assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt state security," "propagating against the regime," and "human rights activities."