Arrested Youth in Tabriz Released on the Bail
23-June-2015
Category: Freedom of Expression
Breathing in Confinement – The young people, who were arrested in Hotel Shahriar in Tabriz, accused with “Breaking the Ramadan Fasting”, were released in the hours after midnight.
According to the report of “Breathing in Confinement”, 150 youth in city of Tabriz who were arrested in the lobby of Hotel Shahriar, at 7 pm on 22nd June, by the security police, have been released on the bail, after their families gathered in front of the headquarters of the security police, in Tabriz, at 2 am midnight.
According to a member of the families of the youth, after they had gathered in front of the security police in the street of Saeb in Tabriz, local residents also joined them. Eventually, the police officers, after verifying their identity and confiscating their mobile phones, released them on the bail till being brought to the trial in the next few days.
According to this informed source, these people are likely to be lashed or fined.