Father of One Million Signatures Campaign Member Badly Beaten

Photo: One Million Signatures Campaign Member Dorsa Sobhani

Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) – According to reports received by CHRR, today, on March 4, 2010, Dorsa Sobhani’s father was physically and verbally assaulted by six security officials as he left his house. Handcuffed and blindfolded, he was interrogated and threatened for four hours.

Security officials warned that if he does not hand his daughter over to the Ministry of Intelligence by Saturday, he and his wife and younger daughter will be placed under arrest and their home will be taken away from them.

This incident comes on the heels of a raid by six security officials who entered their home in the middle of the night on March 2, 2010 and confiscated their personal belongings.

Dorsa Sobhani is an activist in the One Million Signatures Campaign and an advocate for the Right to Higher Education. She has been denied the right to enter university due to her belief in the Baha’i faith.