On Friday 17 July 2009, at around 11:30 a.m., our colleague Shadi Sadr was abducted by a group of officers in civilian clothes while she was walking on Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran, to a mosque for Friday prayers.
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network is deeply concerned by the violent abduction and detention without charge of human rights lawyer, Ms. Shadi Sadr, by state agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Women human rights defender Ms. Shadi Sadr who was arrested this morning is being held in Evin prison. The official length she can be kept without charge is 24 hours.
Femmes sous lois musulmanes exprime sa vive inquiétude suite à la nouvelle que sa collègue et amie, Mme Shadi Sadr, a été arrêtée par des agents en civil en Iran.