Iran: Prisoners of conscience/fear of torture or other ill-treatment
Iran: Prisoners of conscience/fear of torture or other ill-treatment
Index Number: MDE 13/130/2007Date Published: 7 November 2007
Categories: Iran, Middle East And North Africa, Middle East And North Africa
Women's rights activists, Ronak Safarzadeh and Hana Abdi, aged 21, have been detained in the city of Sanandaj, and are believed to be held in a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility. Neither is known to have been charged. They are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Amnesty International considers them prisoners of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and association.
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