Friday, August 25, 2006

Disappearance of a teacher and human right activist in the town of Kamyaran

Iran Press News: translation by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi.
Organization for the defense of human rights in Kurdistan

Farzad Kamangar, a high school teacher at a Kamyaran public school as well as a member of the organization for defense of human rights in Kurdistan disappeared on Friday, August 18th, after being summoned to the office of intelligence and security. It is unclear what the purpose of the summons was.