Iranian activist faces extradition from Turkey

Iranian women's rights activist Nasibe Shemsai took part in the protests against the forced veiling and fled to Turkey. Next week she is expected to be extradited to Iran.

Iranian women's rights activist Nasibe Shemsai is being held in a deportation center in Edirne in western Turkey and is acutely threatened with extradition. journalist Peyman Aref informs about the immediate extradition and urgently calls for solidarity.

Nasibe Shemsai took part in the protests against the forced veiling before her escape from Iran. Peyman Aref announced on Twitter that she is to be extradited to Iran next week. Shemsai was arrested in Turkey and has been in the repatriation center in Edirne for two weeks.