“You Can Detain Anyone for Anything”
January 7, 2008

 "You Can Detain Anyone for Anything"

Iran's Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism

I. Summary and Recommendations
Key Recommendations to the Government of Iran
Recommendation to the Government of the United States
II. Methodology
III. The Legal Environment
Iranian Legal Instruments and International Law..
Prohibitions on Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association
Restrictions on Detainee Rights
Administration of Detention Facilities
IV. Targets of an Expanding Crackdown
The Women's Movement
The June 12, 2006 Demonstration and its Aftermath
Union and Labor Activists
Mansour Ossanlu
March 2007 Teachers Protest
Students
Independent Journalists, Scholars, and Activists
Ayatollah Kazemi Boroujerdi
Ali Farahbakhsh, Haleh Esfandiari, and Kian Tajbakhsh
V. Ill-treatment of Detained Activists at Evin 209
Ill-treatment during Interrogation
Solitary Confinement
VI. Exploiting Heightened Iranian-US Tensions
VII. Recommendations
VIII. Acknowledgements