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URGENT CALL: RELEASE ATTORNEY SHADI SADR

Shadi Sadr, who is a lawyer and journalist, was walking with a group of women's rights activists on a road in Tehran when men in civilian clothes grabbed her and attempted to push her into a car. Shadi Sadr lost her headscarf and coat in the ensuing struggle but managed briefly to escape. She was quickly recaptured and beaten with batons, and was then taken away in the car.

(SCE: Shadai sadr was the co-attorney for juvenile female Nazanin Fatehi who was facing execution for killing a rapist in self defense at the age of 17. Her other co-attorney Mohammad Mostafaei was also arrested last month and released on bail after one week.)

Shadi Sadr and the group of women were on their way to Tehran University to attend the first Friday prayers since the disputed presidential election to be led by former President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani.

Shadi Sadr is the defence lawyer of human rights defender Shiva Nazar Ahari, a blogger and journalist who is a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, who was arrested at her home in Tehran on 14 June, shortly after the presidential election, by security officials who searched her house and took away personal items. She is now believed to be held in Section 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison where Shadi Sadr had not been able to gain access to her.

PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language:

• calling on the authorities to release Shadi Sadr immediately and unconditionally, as she is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for her human rights activities and the peaceful exercise of her rights to freedom of expression,
• urging them to disclose her whereabouts immediately, and ensure that she is allowed immediate access to her family, lawyer of her choice and any medical treatment she may require;
• urging the authorities to ensure that Shadi Sadr is protected from all forms of torture or other ill-treatment;
• calling on the authorities to remove unlawful restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Iran.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE DD/MONTH/YEAR TO:

Leader of the Islamic Republic
Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street – End of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: via website:
http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=letter (English)
http://www.leader.ir/langs/fa/index.php?p=letter (Persian)

Salutation: Your Excellency
Head of the Judiciary
Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh (Office of the Head of the Judiciary)
Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri, Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran

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(In the subject line write: FAO Ayatollah Shahroudi)
Salutation: Your Excellency
And copies to:
Iranian Bar Association
No. 3, Zagros St.,
Argentina Sq.,
Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: +98 21 8771340
or +98 21 888 6425/ 26
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Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.