INS Detainees From Northern California Experiencing Severe Human Rights Violations in SD

Banafsheh Akhlaghi, together with represeentatives from various human rights activist groups, demonstrated today in protest of the gross violations on the civil liberties of the Iranian INS detainees, several of whom she is representing.

After several hours of protesting as well as the threatening presence of a number of network journalists, Akhlaghi was able to see her clients whom she has been unable to speak with for the last 48 hours. Upon interviewing them, severe violations of their basic human rights were confirmed, including sleep deprivation, long term exposure to severe cold, inadequate hygenic facilities, along with a number of other shocking mistreatments.

A representative for Akhlaghi will be speaking at 11 am on Monday December 23, at the San Francisco INS District Offices at: 444 Washington Street
San Francisco, CA regarding Akhlaghi's interviews with the detainees and the human rights abuses confirmed during them.