Jinous Sobhani

Iran: Release of human rights defender, Jinous Sobhaniposted on: 2009/03/20

Iranian authorities have released human rights defender Jinous Sobhani on bail. Sobhani had previously worked at the Tehran office of the Center for the Defense of Human Rights, run by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi.

Iran: Arrest of human rights defender, Jinous Sobhaniposted on: 2009/01/19

Jinous Sobhani, a human rights defender who worked as a secretary for two human rights organisations funded by Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, has been arrested. She was reportedly taken from her home in Tehran by Iranian judiciary security personnel. Her computer case, her mobile phone and her address book were all confiscated. The reasons for the arrest are unclear.