Dr. Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh This is Me

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1. 1. www.frontlinedefenders.org

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   Published on: 10/30/2007   Last Visited: 10/30/2007

   Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh
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   Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh, a woman activist in Iran and editor of Farzaneh (the first women's studies journal in Iran) is in prison upon the order of Tehran's General Prosecutor. For more than two weeks now, Mahboobeh has been held without any formal charges, and she has been denied access to legal counsel or any visitors. Her only apparent offense is her activism and strong linkages with international women's rights movement.
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   Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh

2. 2. Claudia Duque | Front Line

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   Published on: 10/30/2007   Last Visited: 1/31/2008

   Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh, a woman activist in Iran and editor of Farzaneh (the first women's studies journal in Iran) is in prison upon the order of Tehran's General Prosecutor. For more than two weeks now, Mahboobeh has been held without any formal charges, and she has been denied access to legal counsel or any visitors. Her only apparent offense is her activism and strong linkages with international women's rights movement.
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   Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh

3. 3. www.savedelara.com

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   Published on: 3/13/2007   Last Visited: 1/18/2008

   In the early hours of Monday, March 19, 2007 (Tehran local time), Shadi Sadr and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, two prominent members of Iran's women's rights movement, were released from Tehran's infamous Evin prison.
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   While the other women were released within a few days after the arrest, Sadr and Abbasgholizadeh were held in solitary confinement in Evin's ward 209 until their families posted bail in the amounts of 200,000 and 250,000 tomas (roughly $200,000 and $250,0000) respectively.
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   Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh is said to suffer from arthritis and migraine, and Shadi Sadr from chronic stomach pain, possibly an ulcer.
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   Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh has not been allowed to contact anyone since her arrest; Shadi Sadr has been allowed to telephone her husband twice.
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   Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh is the editor of the Zanan (Women) quarterly journal and is a key member of the "Stop Stoning Forever" Campaign, launched in September 2006 to end the practice of stoning to death in Iran. She has also served as the director of the NGO Training Center, an organization aimed at strengthening civil society. In November 2004, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was detained by security forces for over a month in connection with her human rights activities.
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   Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Shadi Sadr were among 33 women arrested while protesting about the trial of five women's rights activists (Fariba Davoodi Mohajer, Shahla Entesari,Noushin Ahmadi Khorassani, Parvin Ardalan and Sussan Tahmasebi) in Branch 6 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on charges of "propaganda against the system", "acting against national security" and "participating in an illegal demonstration."
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   express concern at the continued detention of Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Shadi Sadr;