Further Information on 269/08 (MDE 13/141/2008, 22 September 2008) Fear of torture and other ill treatment/Incommunicado detention [MDE 13/158/2008; UA-269/2008-1]
5 of the 9 Iranian-Azerbaijani activists named in this Urgent Action were conditionally released in October 2008; all 9 charged with 'acting against national security'; they had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin prison; the 4 others remain in solitary confinement
5 of the 9 Iranian-Azerbaijani activists named in this Urgent Action were conditionally released in October 2008; all 9 charged with 'acting against national security'; they had been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin prison; the 4 others remain in solitary confinement