Student Activist Arrested in Sanadaj, Iran
12:43 - 14 November 2011
Kurdpa - Arman Zamani, another member of the Democratic Union of Kurdish Students, was arrested on November 11 by Iranian authorities in Sanandaj.
Zamani was arrested two days ago and so far the source has not been informed of the charges against Zamani or his whereabouts.
Zamani is the seventh member of the student organization to be arrested in the past two months.
Five of them have been released on bail but not Asad Bagheri, who was arrested earlier, or Zamani. Both detainees are electronics students at Kurdistan University and active members of student associations.
The Democratic Union of Kurdish Students has issued a statement condemning the arrest and insisting on the legality of the its activities, which it says are based on \"rationality, tolerance and no aggression.\"
Zamani was arrested two days ago and so far the source has not been informed of the charges against Zamani or his whereabouts.
Zamani is the seventh member of the student organization to be arrested in the past two months.
Five of them have been released on bail but not Asad Bagheri, who was arrested earlier, or Zamani. Both detainees are electronics students at Kurdistan University and active members of student associations.
The Democratic Union of Kurdish Students has issued a statement condemning the arrest and insisting on the legality of the its activities, which it says are based on \"rationality, tolerance and no aggression.\"
