Iran: Free Women Activists

Email Iran’s government should immediately and unconditionally free three female rights defenders unlawfully detained for their support of women, students, and political dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today, on International Women’s Rights Day. On March 2, 2014, one of the three was sentenced to seven years in prison. The others were already serving prison terms. (Beirut) – Iran’s government should immediately and unconditionally free three female rights defenders unlawfully detained for their support of women, students, and political dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today,…

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