When the Iranian government refused to register the Association of Kurdish Women for the Defense of Peace and Human Rights, Dr. Roya Toloui, one of its founding members, spoke out.  In what appears to be retaliation, Dr. Toloui was summoned to appear before a revolutionary court in Sanandaj on April 5, for interrogation.

Dr. Toloui is a leading Kurdish women's rights and human rights activist and a champion of the rights of Iran's Kurdish minority and women's rights in Iran.

Dr. Toloui is an outspoken nonviolent critic of the policies of the Iranian government.  The revolutionary prosecutor in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kordestan province, has claimed that her public comments jeopardize national security.  She has also been criticized for being photographed not wearing a headscarf that all women in Iran are required to wear in public. 

Join Human Rights First in supporting Dr. Toloui's right to freedom of expression.  Urge the Iranian government to cease its harassment and intimidation of human rights advocates.