Iran jails women's rights campaigner: report

April 29 2009 17:42:53

Iran jails women's rights campaigner: report

Agence France-Presse

"Women's movement activist Parastoo Allahyari was sentenced to one year in jail," Sarmayeh newspaper said. Allahyari was a member of the "One Million Signature" campaign, an award-winning initiative that seeks to change Iran's Sharia-based law deemed as unfair to women.

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