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January 1, 2010

Source: Persian2English’s Blog

The Committee of the Human Rights Reporters: Parisa Kakaiee and Mehrdad Rahimi, two more members of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters arrested

Tonight (January 1, ‘10) Parisa Kakaiee, a member of CHRR and Mehrdad Rahimi, one of the contributers of this committee were arrested.

Earlier this evening, the Ministry of Information called four members of the committee and asked them to come to the office of the Ministry.

Parisa Kakaiee and Mehrdad Rahimi presented themselves in the office of the Ministry around 8:00pm and were arrested on the spot.

Two other members, Saeed Habibi and Hesam Missaghi have not been arrested, but the repeated calls of the officials of the Ministry threatens their safety extremely. They can be arrested at any moment.
Up until now, seven members of CHRR have been arrested: Shiva Nazar-Ahari, Kouhjar Ghoudarzi, Saeed Jalalifar, Saeed Kalanaki, Saeed Haeri, Parisa Kakaee, and Mehrdad Rahimi.

CHRR is an independent Institution which reports on the violation of human rights and defends its victims. During four years of activity, the committee has published numerous reports, newsletters, and articles on the violation of human rights. The organization has established itself as a civil institution, without following any political tendencies among the activists in Iran and abroad.

- Siavash Sartipi