Iran: Iranian human rights defender rearrested

Index Number: MDE 13/003/2010
Date Published: 7 January 2010
Categories: Iran

Human rights defender and 2009 recipient of the Martin Ennals Award Emadeddin Baghi was arrested on 28 December 2009, in the aftermath of demonstrations marking a religious event known as 'Ashoura the day before. He is a prisoner of conscience.