News in brief:
Gooya newsonline reporting from " ILNA ":

Ministry of Interior:
Activities under the name of "Centre for Human Rights Defenders " is illegal and the violators will be prosecuted !

The secretariate commission on article 10 ( By-Law on activities of parties and associations ) in a communique stated that the activities of some people under the name of "Centre for Human Rights Defenders" is illegal . According to the report by "ILNA" in speaking on public relation from Ministry of Interior the communique reads as follow : " since some people under the name of Centre for Human Rights Defenders have activities such as writng statement and communique , media gathering, gathering for protest, letter writing to officials and organizations in and outside the country , through this communique we inform that up to now the mission and constitution of the above Centre haven't been approved by the commission on article 10 , therefore any kind of activities under the name of Centre for Human Rights Defenders is and will be illegal and the violators will be legaly prosecuted .

Background :
Madame Shirin Ebadi the Noble Peace Prize winer is the current president and co-founder of the Centre and other co-founders and members are mostly lawyers.

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