Iran: Arrested women human rights defender, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, has been released

The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network was gravely concerned to learn of the arrest of our colleague, friend and networker, Ms. Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh. Midday on Monday 21 December we received the news through WLUML networkers that Ms. Abbasgholizadeh had been released, but others remain in detention.

Ms. Abbasgholizadeh, an Iranian women's rights activist, was arrested around 21:00 on Sunday 20 December, by Iranian Intelligence Service on her way to Ayatollah Montazeri's funeral in Qom ( a progressive Ayatollah who had been under house arrest for the past 20 years, and a major supporter of the reform movement). She was on a bus with some other activists and familes of political detainees, while Intelligence Service and Security Police (polis-e amniat) stopped them for 45 mintues, arrested a number of them and released many of them after a short time. However, they took Mahboubeh, Shiva Nazarahary, Koohyar Goodarzi and a man named Saeed reffering to the list they had in hand, to an unknown location. There is no more information yet about other possible names.

Further news will be posted on this case.

Related Links:

Personal History:
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/5443/Abbasgholizadeh-Mahboubeh-1958.html

Website:
www.meydaan.info

Her Weblog:
www.jensedigar.com

Her Youtube Channel:

www.youtube.com/user/jensedigar