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IRAN WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
FOR ONE MILLION SIGNATURES AGAINST IRAN DISCRIMINATORY LAWS
Iranian
women’s rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to
discriminatory laws against women in the Iranian law. The Campaign “One Million
Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws” is a follow-up effort to
the peaceful protest of the same aim, which took place on June 12, 2006 in
Haft-e Tir Square in Tehran.
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SIGN ONE MILLION SIGNATURES CAMPAIGN
PETITION
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IRAN - THREE WOMEN OF THE ONE MILLION
SIGNATURES CAMPAIGN ARRESTED
30 January 2009
Change for Equality: Three members of the One Million Signatures Campaign, were arrested earlier today in the mountains of Tochal, in the north of Tehran. Nafiseh Azad, Bigard Ebrahimi and another member of the Campaign, were arrested earlier today January 30, 2009 while collecting signatures in support of the Campaign’s petition and engaging in discussion with the public. Initially the members were detained in a police station in the mountains, after which they were transferred to Police Station One in Darband, where they were detained for several hours. These women’s rights activists have since been transferred to Vozara Detention Center. Their family and friends have been told that they can follow up their case with the courts in the morning. Stay tuned to the site of Change for Equality for more information and updates.
IRAN ARREST ORDER FOR NAFISEH AZAD
RENEWED
31 January
2009
Change for Equality:
Three members of the One Million Signatures Campaign who were arrested in the
mountains north of
Nafiseh Azad, Bigard Ebrahimi and a third person who wishes to remain anonymous at this point, were arrested yesterday and interrogated at Vozara detention center this morning before being transferred to the Revolutionary Courts. The Investigative Judge, Mr. Sobhani renewed the temporary arrest order for Nafiseh Azad, charging her with actions against the state through the spreading of propaganda against the state. Nafiseh Azad objected to the arrest order and the charges against her.
In this same court
session Bigard Ebrahimi was issued a third party guarantee bail order. Both
Nafiseh Azad and Bigard Ebrahim were then transferred to the Police Station One
in Darband and then to
It is worth noting that
family members and members of the Campaign were present from early morning at
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