Iran: Prisoner of conscience/ flogging: Delaram Ali (f) \n

Iran: Prisoner of conscience/ flogging: Delaram Ali (f) \n

Index Number: MDE 13/131/2007
Date Published: 8 November 2007
Categories: Iran, Middle East And North Africa, Middle East And North Africa

Delaram Ali, aged 24, has been told to present herself to court in order to start serving a prison sentence. She has been told that if she does not attend court by 10 November 2007, she will be arrested. There is also a risk that she will be flogged. If she is detained, Amnesty International would consider her to be a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression and association for her activities promoting women's rights in Iran.