On 2 July 2020, Atena Daemi was sentenced by Branch 24 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court to two additional years in prison and 74 lashes. The woman human rights defender’s lawyer attended the hearing for the charges of “propaganda against the state”, for which she was sentenced to one year, and another year and 74 lashes for “disrupting the prison order”.

Human rights defender Atena Daemi will reportedly not be released on July 4, 2020 after serving her 5-year prison sentence on the charge of “acting against national security” as she is facing new charges of "disturbing order" at Evin prison.

In late December 2019, following their participation in a peaceful sit-in protest in Evin prison, Atena Daemi was put in solitary confinement, where she was physically abused and denied medical assistance.

On 5 September 2019, the Tehran Appeal Court extended the sentence of human rights defenders Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee during a revision hearing for two additional years and one month. On 18 July 2019, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran found both human rights defenders guilty of " insulting the supreme leader" and "promoting propaganda against the state". They received prison sentences of three years and seven months.

On 12 May 2018, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee were returned to Evin Prison after having been illegally transferred to Gharchak prison (in the city of Varamin) for three and half months. Both human rights defenders had been on hunger strike in protest at the transfer.

As of 9 March 2018, human rights defenders Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee are being held in a quarantine section of Shahr-e Rey prison in the town of Varamin. They are still on hunger strike as of 15 February 2018.

On 13 February 2018, the mother and sister of Atena Daemi were arrested after being beaten by prison guards with batons while standing in front of Evin prison to show their solidarity with the defender. They were released that same evening.

On 8 October 2017, Atena Daemi was taken to hospital to have surgery on her gall bladder. She had previously refused treatment due to the fact that she was to be handcuffed throughout hospitalization - there was some negotiation in this regard and the prison director ultimately relented to her demand not to be handcuffed during the surgery.