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Group: Human rights lawyer detained as Iran unrest spirals (CNN)

Posted Sun, 2009-07-19 14:15 by IRelec09

Group: Human rights lawyer detained as Iran unrest spirals: Via CNN.com .

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran cites witnesses of kidnapping
* Human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr was pushed into a car and driven off, witnesses say
* "This was an illegal, arbitrary and violent arrest," Amnesty International director says

Government agents used tear gas to disperse demonstrators, and beat and kidnapped a human rights lawyer, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Saturday, citing witnesses.

The advocacy group said human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr, who was walking with friends to Friday prayers, was confronted by people dressed in civilian clothes. They pushed her into a car and drove off, the group said, citing witnesses.

In a subsequent telephone call to her husband, Sadr said she had been arrested and detained in ward 209 of Tehran's Evin prison, the group said.
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IRAN: Human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr reportedly arrested

Posted Fri, 2009-07-17 13:59 by IRelec09

IRAN: Human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr reportedly arrested: Via Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times.

Prominent lawyer, women's rights activist and journalist Shadi Sadr was arrested by plainclothes policemen on her way to Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's much-anticipated Friday sermon, according to several reformist websites.

The activist group blog Mothers of Laleh reported that Sadr was walking with several other female activists when she was approached by individuals in civilian dress who refused to show a warrant before forcing her into a waiting car.

Conflicting reports say she called her husband to ask for a computer password or a cellphone personal identification number, but her whereabouts are still unknown.

Sadr, who also edits the Farsi news website womeniniran.com, was arrested and held for two weeks in 2007. She has clashed with authorities numerous times over her outspoken stance on women's rights and capital punishment.

-- Meris Lutz in Beirut

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