Habib Afkari

Habib Afkari Sangari (Persian: حبیب افکاری سنگری; born 3 December 1991) is a political dissident who was imprisoned in November 2018 for participating in August 2018 protests in Shiraz.

[1] Habib was arrested in November 2018, three months after his brothers Vahid and Navid, because of his involvement in August 2018 protests.

[2] All three brothers were heavily tortured in order to confess, which the Afkari's publicized through audiotapes and letters where they called for help and denied the charges.

Additionally, he was sentenced to nine months in prison on the charge of "insulting officers" and one extra year and 74 lashes on for "disturbing public order."

[13][14] Habib was released on March 5, 2022, while Vahid remains in solitary confinement in Adel-Abaad Prison.