Iran: Women's rights activist detained: Somayeh Rashidi

Index Number: MDE 13/016/2010
Date Published: 5 February 2010
Categories: Iran

24-year-old student and women’s rights activist Somayeh Rashidi has been detained in Evin prison since her arrest on 19 December 2009. Amnesty International believes she is being held because she campaigns for women's rights. She has been prevented from seeing her lawyers and her family.