Protest Travel Ban on Iranian Women's Rights Activist

Journalist and activist Parvin Ardalan should have been in Stockholm on March 6, 2008. She was to receive the Olaf Palme Prize in recognition of her leading role in the One Million Signatures campaign for women's equality in Iran. However, on March 3, airport security officials removed her from a flight about to take off from Tehran's international airport, seized her passport, and served her with a summons to appear in court. Ardalan's arbitrary travel ban is just the latest in a sustained campaign of repression directed against women's rights activists in Iran, and especially against supporters of the One Million Signatures Campaign.

Please join us in calling on the Iranian government to:
end the unlawful harassment of non-violent activists in Iran, including by returning Parvin Ardalan's passport and respecting her right to travel; end censorship of websites and publications that promote human rights and women's rights;release those imprisoned for their support of the campaign; drop charges and close criminal investigations into the legitimate activities of such activists.
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