"En conclusion, la liberté d'expression et la liberté d'expression artistique sont moins menacées aujourd'hui par l'activisme des associations de défense de l'enfance et de défense des religions, que par l'adhésion des juges à leurs arguments..."
L'universitaire irano-américaine Haleh Esfandiari, détenue en Iran depuis le 8 mai pour espionnage, a été libérée, a indiqué mardi 21 août son avocate, Shirin Ebadi.
UN special rapporteur on people-trafficking, Sigma Huda, was arrested on 5 July in connection with a case of alleged extortion. She reportedly has potentially life-threatening heart and kidney conditions, and is not getting adequate treatment in prison.
"Haleh’s and mine are two perspectives but not the only ones. Social, economic and political growth (and development) in a country depends on the presentation and consideration of multiple views."
When asked about Zeinab’s bail, her father Peyqambarzadeh explained that court officials did not even discuss the issue of bail with him. “They only told me to leave and didn’t allow me any visits with my daughter either. They were angry and shouted a lot and told me that they have reactivated Zeinab’s previous criminal charge [for when she was arrested on the metro for distributing pamphlets about the Campaign]”. Zeinab’s father explained further that he worries for his daughter’s safety because they won’t tell him what they are going to do. "Is it a crime to ask for a written summons?" he asks.
