The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture, has issued an urgent appeal in the case of women’s rights activists and Campaign member, Khadijeh Moghaddam, who was arrested in her home on April 9, 2008. The statement is pasted below:
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY
IRN 003 / 0408 / OBS 051
Arbitrary detention / Judicial proceedings /
Ill-treatments
Iran (...)