Media – February 2012
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February 29, 2012
Iranian Cinema: Acclaimed Abroad, Under Siege at Home (Commentary)
At a moment when millions of people — including many Iranians — were watching to see what Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi would say in his Oscar acceptance speech, Farhadi chose to talk about the concerns of the Iranian people and “the dust of politics” that ...
February 29, 2012
Fate of Kurdish Citizen Unknown Following Arrest
A local human rights source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that there has been no information about the fate of Hossein Kamangar since his secretive detention. Hossein Kamangar, a resident of Kamyaran and relative of executed Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar, had ...
February 27, 2012
Half Measures: Juvenile Execution Under Iran’s New Penal Code
Iran’s new penal code was finally approved by the Guardian Council, a body of clerics and lawyers in charge of approving legislation, in February 2012. Once the new penal code is signed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and published in the official gazette, it will officially ...
February 27, 2012
Angels Of Iran: A Father’s Voice: The Soheila Afnani Story
“A Father’s Voice: The Soheila Afnani Story,” from the Angels of Iran series, tells the story of Soheila Afnani and her father Nusratullah Subhani, a local Baha’i leader who was executed 5 March 1985. The day before he was killed, Subhani wrote to his wife ...
February 26, 2012
Iranian Lawyers Need Independence
Today marks the 58th anniversary of the Iranian Bar Association’s independence. In February 1954, after a tireless campaign by some prominent lawyers, Iran’s legislators passed a law recognizing the independence of the Bar. This victory was in part meant to allow lawyers to defend the ...
February 24, 2012
Mehdi Khazali Remains in Temporary Detention, on Hunger Strike
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the son of imprisoned blogger Mehdi Khazali expressed concern about his health 49 days after he began his hunger strike in protest of his “temporary detention” without charges. ...
February 23, 2012
Kurdish Student Given Suspended Sentence
Branch One of Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced Shirzad Karimi, a Kurdish university student and a member of the Kurdish Students Democratic Union, to four years in prison, suspended for three years, on charges of “propagating against the state,” a local human rights source in Kurdistan ...
February 23, 2012
Dozens of Mountain Climbers Arrested for Unknown Reasons
Sanandaj Police’s Intelligence Unit raided a meeting of mountain climbing group Chel Cheme in the village of Hassan Abad outside Sanandaj and arrested dozens of meeting participants on 17 February, a local human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It ...
February 23, 2012
Human Rights Organizations Call for Release of Syrian Activist
On 22 February 2012, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joined 31 human rights organizations, including the Boroumand Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in calling on the Syrian government to release prominent human rights ...
February 22, 2012
UN Telecommunications Body Requires Iran to Stop Satellite Jamming
Rights Groups Prompt Tougher International Laws Regarding Jamming The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today welcomed a new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulation requiring governments take “necessary action” to stop jamming of satellite broadcasts from within their jurisdiction. ...
February 21, 2012
Punishing Stars: Systematic Discrimination and Exclusion in Iranian Higher Education – Executive Summary
Since 2005, hundreds of students have been barred from higher education through this process. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran interviewed 27 students barred from higher education. Additionally, the Campaign compiled a list of 217 students who were denied their right to education ...
February 17, 2012
Political Prisoner Hospitalized After Heart Condition
Prisoner of conscience Abdolfazl Ghadyani was transferred to the hospital after suffering a heart attack. Ghadyani’s wife, Marzieh Rahimi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that it took prison authorities six days to transfer him to a different hospital as per her ...
February 13, 2012
Imprisoned Blogger on Hunger Strike in Critical Condition
Imprisoned blogger Mehdi Khazali is in critical condition due to his hunger strike, his son Mohammad Saleh Khazali told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in a February 10 interview. “Today is the 33rd day my father has been on a hunger strike. After ...
February 13, 2012
Three Months into Detention, No Formal Charges
Three months after the arrest of Massoud Sepehr, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that it is still not clear why he was arrested. Sepehr is a Political Science lecturer at Shiraz Azad University who was arrested on 17 November ...
February 10, 2012
Saeed Malekpour Under Renewed Pressure to Make Televised Confessions
Security forces have renewed the pressure on Saeed Malekpour, the web programmer and Canadian resident whose death sentence was upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court last month, to make a televised confession, his sister Maryam Malekpour told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. ...
February 10, 2012
Two Death and Two Prison Sentences for Four Kurdish Activist Brothers
Two of the four Kurdish brothers security forces arrested 14 months ago in Boukan and Mahabad have received death sentences on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity with God), a local human rights source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The other two brothers ...
February 10, 2012
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February 8, 2012
Judiciary Upholds Death Sentence for Young Kurds
An Iranian court has upheld the death sentence for Zanyar Moradi, who was previously convicted of murdering the son of the Marivan Friday Imam. ...
February 8, 2012
Supreme Leader Directly Responsible for Illegal Detentions of Opposition Leaders
(8 February 2012) Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, should immediately release the three opposition leaders who have spent the last year under illegal house arrest and stop using extrajudicial and inhumane methods to silence political opponents, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran ...
February 2, 2012
Ahead of Elections, Arrests and Coerced Confessions Ramp Up
(2 February 2012) The Iranian judiciary should immediately stop its widespread campaign of intimidation against journalists and their family members, theInternational Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Campaign also called for an end to the illegal coercion of detainees. ...
February 1, 2012
Revoke Execution Sentence of Web Programmer
(1 February 2012) Iran should immediately suspend the death sentence for web programmer and Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour and investigate allegations of his torture, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...
January 31, 2012
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January 30, 2012
Mashhad Student Activist and Journalist Sentenced to One Year In Prison
Student activist and journalist Mohsen Sanatipour has been sentenced to one year in prison, a local human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The verdict was served to Sanatipour’s lawyer last week and the Enforcement Judge summoned him to begin ...
January 30, 2012
Journalist Barred from Family Visits; May Be in Solitary Confinement
The family of imprisoned journalist Hassan Fathi has reason to believe he has been returned to solitary confinement, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “We think he has been transferred to a solitary cell again, because last week when the family ...