Iran: Further information on incommunicado detention/Fear of torture/Medical concern, Abbas Lisani (or Leysanli) (m)

Index Number: MDE 13/105/2006
Date Published: 18 September 2006
Categories: Iran, Middle East And North Africa

Prisoner of conscience Abbas Lisani is detained in Ardebil Prison in the north-west of Iran. He has received a one-year prison sentence for "spreading anti-government propaganda", and faces other trials apparently related to his peaceful political and cultural activities on behalf of the Iranian Azerbaijani minority community. He is reportedly in poor health.