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Iran: Further information on Fear of torture or ill treatment/ arbitrary arrest: Adnan Hassanpour
Amnesty International
IRAN Adnan Hassanpour (m), Kurdish journalist and cultural rights
activist
New name: Mansour Tayfouri (m), Kurdish journalist and
translator
Adnan Hassanpour was reportedly transferred to Marivan prison on 26 March,
together with another Kurdish journalist, Mansour Tayfouri. Both were
reportedly kept blindfolded throughout. Neither has been charged with any
offence.
Adnan Hassanpour is an advocate of cultural rights for Iranian Kurds. He was
detained on 25 January in his home town, Marivan, in the province of Kurdistan.
He was then taken to a detention facility run by the Ministry of Intelligence
in the provincial capital, Sanandaj, where he is believed to have been held
incommunicado, putting him at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Adnan
Hassanpour is a former member of the editorial board of the Kurdish-Persian
weekly journal Aso (Horizon), which the authorities closed down in August
2005. Adnan Hassanpour had reportedly been tried for offences supposedly
arising from articles published in the journal.
Mansour Tayfouri, a member of the Kurdistan Journalists' Association, was
reportedly detained in Marivan by Ministry of Intelligence officials on or
around 8 March and held in a facility run by the Ministry of Intelligence. At
some point he was reportedly taken to a court in Marivan by Ministry of
Intelligence officials, and then taken to Marivan prison.
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