elatives Say Ethnic Azeri Activist Held Without Charge In Iran
Abdullah Abbasi Javan
January 29, 2009
The family of ethnic Azeri activist Abdullah Abbasi Javan says he has been held incommunicado in Tehran’s Evin prison for more than two months without being charged.
Abassi Javan, an architect and university lecturer, was arrested along with nine others in the Iranian city of Rey on November 14 while celebrating the anniversary of an Azerbaijani national hero. The others detainees were later released.
