Maryam Arvin
مریم آروین
- Sex
- female
- Date of death
- 2023-02
- Place of death
- Sirjan (+5 more)
- Hometown
- Sirjan
- Event
- Release of Maryam Arvin from prison (+5 more)
- Profession
- Lawyer
- Cause of death
- suspicious death after release from prison following alleged forced drug injections and poisoning during detention
Biography
Dr. Maryam Arvin was a human rights lawyer from Sirjan who was arrested in November 2022 for providing legal defense to protesters during the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement. After being released from Sirjan Prison in December 2022, she died under suspicious circumstances in February 2023. Reports and family testimonies suggest her death was caused by forced injections and poisoning administered while she was in state custody.
دکتر مریم آروین، وکیل دادگستری و مدافع حقوق بشر اهل سیرجان بود که در جریان خیزش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» به دلیل دفاع از حقوق معترضان بازداشت شد. او پس از آزادی از زندان در آذر ۱۴۰۱، در بهمن ماه همان سال به طرز مشکوکی جان باخت. بر اساس گزارشها و اظهارات خانواده، جانباختن او ناشی از تزریقات اجباری و خوراندن مواد سمی در دوران بازداشت بوده است.
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Dr. Maryam Arvin, a protest victim, is pictured with a relative upon her release from Sirjan Prison on December 14, 2022, following a hunger strike.
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Memorial video montage showing Dr. Maryam Arvin, a human rights lawyer and protest victim, in various personal and professional settings.
A woman stands beside the grave of Dr. Maryam Arvin at Behesht-e Reza cemetery in Sirjan, where a wedding dress is displayed for her first anniversary memorial.
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The first anniversary ceremony of Maryam Arvin, a young lawyer who died suspiciously after being released from prison during the Woman Life Freedom movement, held in Sirjan.
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The grave of Dr. Maryam Arvin, a lawyer and victim of state violence, is shown covered in red and white flowers at a cemetery in Kerman.
A memorial composite image features three female Iranian lawyers, Maryam Arvin, Narges Khorramifard, and Mohabat Mozaffari, honored as martyrs for freedom.
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The mother of Dr. Maryam Arvin speaks at her grave on the second anniversary of her daughter's martyrdom.