Announcement 570

In accordance with Article 3:
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
and in accordance with Article 18:
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
as well in accordance with Article 5:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Free Mahdieh Golroo and Omid Kokabi.

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Omid Kokabee (Persianborn 1982) is an Iranian experimental laser physicist at the University of Texas at Austin who was arrested in Iran after returning from the United States to visit his family in January 30, 2011.He was initially charged with “gathering and colluding against national security” but later after being acquitted from the primary charges, he was trialed for “communicating with a hostile government (USA)” and “illegitimate/illegal earnings”.Even though he repeatedly denied all charges against himself, he was finally sentenced to ten years in prison.

And Mahdieh Golroo, a women’s rights activist who was arrested on October 23, 2014, a day after she attended a gathering in Tehran to protest acid attacks on several women in Isfahan, her judicial case has not moved forward and her family remains uninformed of her charges, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Mahdieh Golroo has spent her entire detention period inside a solitary cell in the IRGC’s Ward 2-A at Evin Prison.
We are members of Young and Students Rights,while condemning such detention,We are demanding
for their release and providing an open environment for our students.

Human Rights Defending association For Iran
Representative of Defense of Young and Students Rights