September 20, 2006

Amnesty International: Prisoner of conscience Abbas Lisani is detained in Ardebil Prison in the north-west of Iran. He has received a one-year prison sentence for "spreading anti-government propaganda", and faces other trials apparently related to his peaceful political and cultural activities on behalf of the Iranian Azerbaijani minority community. He is reportedly in poor health >>>
-- Sent by Fakhteh Zamani

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