[PAA-Discuss] Protest Iranian Government's Repression of Feminist Writers

[Juli3 at aol.com]

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Protest Iranian  Government's Repression of Feminist Writers
 (http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Igdar/inu7e6sr03w6id3?)  
On August 29, in yet another example of the Iranian government's  continuing 
campaign of repression against women rights activists,  security forces 
arrested Solmaz Igdar. The activist and journalist  is currently detained in Evin 
Prison.   
Igdar, a regular contributor to the Association for Iranian Women  website, 
was attending a commemoration ceremony at Khavaran. The  cemetery, situated 
southeast of Tehran, is said to be a mass grave  containing the bodies of 
thousands of political prisoners executed  by the Iranian authorities in 1988.  
Security and police forces  disrupted the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 
the  executions, arresting at least 17 participants.  Though most of  those 
arrested have been released, Solmaz Igdar is among those who  remain imprisoned. 
Four days later, four other activists who have written for  websites 
dedicated to women's rights issues were convicted of acting  against national security 
and sentenced to six-month prison  terms. 
Please call on the Iranian authorities to release Igdar  and other detainees, 
and to halt their prosecution and repression of  other women's rights 
activists. 
 (http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Igdar/inu7e6sr03w6id3?)  
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