According to information received from the city of Sanandaj, Ronak Safarzadeh, Hana Abdi, and Fatemeh Goftari, women human rights defenders, cultural and social council members of Kurdistan Azarmehr Women and members of the One Million Signatures campaign for legislative reform to promote women's rights in Iran, lost three weeks of visiting rights and were transferred to solitary confinement.

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posted 06/10/08

Ms. Safarzadeh, a student and woman human rights defender, was arrested in her residence on 9 October 2007 and charged with membership of the One Million Signature campaign. 27 days later, Ms. Abdi, who is also a woman human rights defender, was arrested in connection with the same charge.