Iranian human rights activist, Mansoureh Behkish, was arrested on 12 June 2011. She is a member of the ’Mourning Mothers’ group, which campaigns against human rights violations such as unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, and enforced disappearances. She is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.
Mansoureh Behkish, 57, was arrested by men believed to belong to the Ministry of Intelligence when they recognised her in a street in Tehran, at 8pm on 12 June 2011. She is now held in (...)