Sunday, September 23, 2007

Iran: National Security Laws Used to Jail Women’s Rights Activists

Iran: National Security Laws Used to Jail Women’s Rights Activists

Six Women’s Rights Advocates Receive Lengthy Prison SentencesThe head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, should immediately overturn the convictions this week of six women’s rights advocates and end the Judiciary’s persecution of all such human rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today.

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