Free Esha Momeni!

Esha Momeni, women’s rights advocate, was arrested on Wednesday October 15, 2008, while visiting Tehran, and is currently held in Evin Prison.

Esha was in Iran doing academic research for her thesis on Iran's women's rights movement. On October 15, she was pulled over by undercover security forces and taken to a high-security prison managed by the Intelligence & Security Ministry.

Please take a moment to send a letter below (which you can edit) to international officials calling for Esha's release. For updates, see the blog maintained by her friends.

689 people have sent letters as part of this campaign. Click here to see who has sent a letter.

Fill out the form below to e-mail a letter to:

  • Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • David Welch, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

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