Background
She was born in Baneh in western Iran.
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Roya Toloui
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She received her high school diploma at Baneh and her Doctor of Philosophy in Medical laboratory from University of Mashad.
Career
She was the editor-in-chief of Rasan (Rising up), a Kurdish monthly magazine about women"s issues. Five issues of the magazine were published in Sanandaj in spring and summer of 2005 until it was closed down in the summer of 2005 by the Iranian judiciary. Due to her outspoken criticism of authorities as well as defense of the rights of Kurdish and Iranian women, she was tried in a Revolutionary Court in April 2005 and was accused of endangering national security.
Following demonstrations in Kurdish inhabited areas of western Iran, she was arrested on 2 August 2005, and held in prison for 66 days until freed on bail in October 2005.
Her case of imprisonment was highlighted in the International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association"s Day of the Imprisoned Writer on November 2005. After her release, she fled Iran for Turkey and finally she sought refuge in the United States in April 2006.
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Membership
She is also a member of the Kurdish Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
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