Iran must release human rights defender: Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi

Index Number: MDE 13/018/2010
Date Published: 5 February 2010
Categories: Iran

Human rights defender and journalist Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was arrested in the west of Iran on 3 February 2010 by plainclothes officials believed to be Revolutionary Guards. He is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for his peaceful human rights activities. His family has not been informed of his whereabouts and he is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.