Monday, May 23, 2016

Iran: British-Iranian Charity Worker Detained - URGENT ACTION before July 1, 2016

Amnesty International
     Please find below and attached an Urgent Action that Amnesty International has issued today on British-Iranian charity worker, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, who has been detained in an undisclosed detention centre in Kerman, southern Iran, since 3 April. She has been denied access to a lawyer and has limited contact with her family. She was held in solitary confinement until 18 May. The authorities have not allowed her British consular assistance.
     The Urgent Action is available on the Amnesty International website at the following link:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/MDE13/4068/2016/en/