Archive for June 2016

UN Body Calls for Immediate Release of Bahareh Hedayat

Iranian women’s rights activist and human rights defender, Bahareh Hedayat

June 15, 2016—The United Nation’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued an opinion on the case of the Iranian women’s rights activist and human rights defender, Bahareh Hedayat, demanding her immediate release. The opinion ruled Hedayat’s imprisonment since 2009 is arbitrary and against international law.

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