Regime arrests two children[s rights activists

According to reports, in the past few weeks, two children's rights activists were arrested and taken to an unknown location.
On January 27, 2009, Ms. Sayideh Mirzayi, who is 25 and graduated with a master's degree in chemistry from Tehran University was arrested by agents of the Intelligence Ministry and taken to an unknown location. She was active in the Better World NGO which helped children of labor and street children.
Mr. Babak Nazari, 22, who worked in the Suitable World for Children NGO but had started working with the Molavi NGO after Suitable World was shut down by the intelligence agency, was also violently arrested at about 10 am and was taken to an unknown location.
In the afternoon, these forces stormed his home in Islam Shahr and conducted a long search. They subsequently confiscated his computer, CDs and other personal belongings. A similar search was conducted in Mirzayi's home where her personal belongings were taken by intelligence agents.
The Mirzayi and Nazari families go to the Revolutionary Court in the day and Evin Prison at night on a daily basis to try to get any kind of information about their loved ones. (Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran – Feb. 8, 2010)

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