(New York) – Amnesty International USA announced today that Kurdish Iranian filmmaker Behrouz Ghobadi – a younger brother of internationally acclaimed film director Bahman Ghobadi (Rhino Season) – has been freed from prison in Iran, following a campaign demanding his release that engaged prominent Hollywood directors, actors and independent filmmakers.
Behrouz Ghobadi was wrongfully held incommunicado in an undisclosed location since his arrest on November 4, 2012. His lawyer and members of his family were refused repeated requests to see him.
«Ghobadi never should have been imprisoned,» said Frank Jannuzi, deputy executive director of Amnesty International USA. «His imprisonment was one of a series of attacks on freedom of expression by the Iranian authorities. Stifling creative expression by harassing artists and their families shows the depths of Iran’s desperate effort to cut off dialogue, much less criticism. These are the actions of a closed government.» به خواندن ادامه دهید →