Amnesty International is organizing an action/vigil at the Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza at the UN in NY on Wednesday June 27 from 12 to 1
pm to protest the detention by the Iranian government of prominent
Iranian-American scholars Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh,
journalist Parnaz Azima and activist Ali Shakeri. All four face
serious charges. Esfandiari, Tajbakhsh and Shakeri remain in
detention where they could face ill-treatment. Amnesty International
is concerned that Haleh Esfandiari is in solitary confinement at the
notorious Evin Prison in Tehran and her lawyer and family have not
been allowed to see her. Could you please circulate information about
this non-political human rights rally on June 27 to as many people as
possible? Thank you.
Best wishes,
Elise Auerbach
AIUSA Iran country specialist
American Institute of Indian Studies
1130 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
773-702-8638
http://www.indiastudies.org