Iran: Further information on prisoners of conscience/ill-treatment

Iran: Further information on prisoners of conscience/ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 13/026/2007
Date Published: 8 March 2007
Categories: Iran, Middle East And North Africa, Middle East And North Africa

All but three of the 33 women arrested during a protest in the capital, Tehran, on 4 March have been released. The remaining detainees, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, Zhila Bani Ya'qoub and Shadi Sadr, have apparently been accused of organizing the protest. Amnesty International considers the three women to be prisoners of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and association.