Last Thursday, sister of journalist Abdolreza Tajik met with him for the first time after his arrest on June 12. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the meeting, she said that her brother was very upset and angry ...
In an extensive and heartfelt interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Shiva Nazar Ahari’s mother, Shahrzad Kariman, shared memories, anecdotes, and information about her daughter and her life. Shiva Nazar Ahari is a human rights activist who has been at Evin ...
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: terrorists attack a Shiite prayer session in mosque in the Sistan and Baluchistan province; medical conditions in prison for Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand and Mehdi Arabshahi continue to be grim; and the lawyer of Sakineh Ashtiani, Mohammad Mostafaee, and journalist ...
Mohammad Mostafaee, an Iranian lawyer who represents many political and human rights cases in Iran, was summoned to the security branch of Evin Prison Courts. “I was in my office when a court clerk served me the summons to appear before the Second Branch of ...
Tonya Kaboudvand, daughter of Kurdish human rights activists Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her last visit with her father in Evin Prison. “I couldn’t recognize my father during my last visit with him. Since my ...
Mehdi Arabshahi, the Secretary of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Organization, was transferred to Shahid Lavasani Hospital this afternoon due to heart complications. A close relative of Arabshahi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he suffered a severe heart attack while ...
Student activist Mahdieh Golroo's husband, Vahid Lalipoor, has told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has problems delivering medicine to his wife at Evin Prison. Lalipoor said that during his recent visit with his wife, he discovered that she is suffering ...
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the life of her client, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, is in serious danger. Kaboudvand, a human rights activist from Kurdistan, suffered his third stroke last week. “Despite ...
Massoud Shafie, attorney to the three American hikers spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the situation of his clients’ case. Shafie said that the continued detention of the three hikers who were arrested a year ago, allegedly for ...
Seven women and three men are sentenced to death for adultery Everyone has a date marked on their calendar, be it a birthday, wedding anniversary or even the beginning of the summer vacations. In Iran, there are about 170 people who cross out one day each ...
If an Iranian prosecutor has his way, a 43-year-old mother of two will soon be taken from her cell in Tabriz prison, wrapped in a white shroud, buried up to ...
(17 July 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemned the suicide twin bombings in southeastern city of Zahedan, which resulted in death of at least 26 and over 300 injuries. “We abhor terrorist acts and indiscriminate attacks on civilians. Such violence only ...
“This is the ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’, a review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It’s July 16th and this is our fourth weekly podcast. Last week we reported on the impending execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. She ...
Journalist Jila Baniyaghoub has received one of the most peculiar sentences of recent years, a 30-year ban on journalistic activity. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, she described details of her case and a conversation she had about her ...
Within the past year, there has been mounting pressure on human rights lawyers to not represent politically active clients. Additionally, the Iranian Judiciary been paying less attention to the defense provided in the case of political suspects. Recent statements made by the Tehran Friday Prayers ...
---- http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/08/kar.iran.stoning/index.html By Mehrangiz Kar & Azadeh Pourzand After international protests, Iran issued a statement saying a woman would not be stoned to death Mehrangiz Kar, Azadeh Pourzand say others have suffered the horrific punishment They say Islamic Republic leaders ...
The campaign to save Sakineh Ashtiani puts the Tehran regime under pressure – Five people have been executed for adultery since 2002, despite the treaty with EU Sakineh Ashtiani -a 43 years old Iranian woman- is accused of adultery. Her life hangs in the balance. Although ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the brother of Mahboubeh Karami, a women’s rights activist and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign described his sister’s conditions. Mohsen Karami said that his sister’s physical and psychological conditions in prison ...
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A source has told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Mohammad Davari, chief editor of the Saham News website, remains in Evin Prison’s Security Ward after several months. Authorities have avoided transferring him to the General Ward. According to this source, Davari ...
Mohammad Reza Haddadi is in danger of imminent execution in Iran for a murder that took place when he was 15 years old. Following an interview with Haddadi’s father, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran contacted Mehdi Rahmat, one of three sons of ...
This is the “Weekly Rights Podcast” a review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran…It’s July 8th and this our third weekly pod cast. Adultery is a capital offence in Iran – punishable by death by stoning. This ...
(7 July 2010) Iranian authorities are victimizing prisoners of conscience by subjecting them to dangerously unhealthy prison conditions and refusing them medical treatment when they become ill, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. “Iran is targeting prisoners of conscience by subjecting them ...
Mohammad Reza Haddadi who has been sentenced to death for a crime he allegedly committed when he was 15 years old, may be imminently executed. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Reza Haddadi’s father said: ...
