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Human Rights Watch
STORIES OF IRANIAN ACTIVISTS IN EXILE
Direct Link to Full 2012 Report:
Chapter on Women's Rights Activists
Plus Multiple Additional Dimensions of Report Related to Iran Activist Women
& Girls in Exile.
Why They Left
STORIES OF IRANIAN ACTIVISTS IN EXILE
December 13, 2012 - The 62-page report documents the
experiences of dozens of rights defenders, journalists and bloggers, and
lawyers whom security and intelligence forces targeted because they spoke out
against the government. Some who took part in anti-government protests after
the 2009 election had never been politically active before, but suddenly found
themselves in the crosshairs of security and intelligence forces. Many Iranian
refugees and asylum seekers interviewed by Human Rights Watch described
difficult conditions and long processing times for their asylum applications
during their stay in