Iran: Fear of torture or ill treatment/ arbitrary arrest: Adnan Hassanpour (m)

Iran: Fear of torture or ill treatment/ arbitrary arrest: Adnan Hassanpour (m)

Index Number: MDE 13/017/2007
Date Published: 16 February 2007
Categories: Iran, Middle East And North Africa

Adnan Hassanpour, journalist and advocate of cultural rights for Iranian Kurds, was reportedly detained on 25 January in Marivan, a small city in the northwestern province of Kurdistan. He is believed to be held incommunicado in the provincial capital Sanandaj, where he is at risk of torture or ill-treatment.