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January 5, 2012

“Dezfool Prison Inmates Are Treated Like Animals”

A local source in Ahvaz told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Saeed Saki, a political prisoner and an Ahvaz Arab activist who was previously held in Karoon Prison of Ahvaz, was transferred to Dezfool prison two months ago. According to the ...

January 5, 2012

“Police Should End Coverup And Release Recording,” Says Brother of Deceased Activist

The brother of Haleh Sahabi, who lost her life on 1 June 2011 following interference by security forces during her father’s funeral, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he continues to pursue his complaint with Iranian authorities to identify those involved ...

January 5, 2012

Iran’s Secret Hangings: Mass Unannounced Executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison

Since January 2010, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has published dozens of reports of unannounced secret group executions at Vakilabad Prison in the northeast city of Mashhad. These executions were largely in violation of international human rights law and domestic procedures. Judicial ...

January 2, 2012

Secret Executions: Findings Challenge Judiciary’s False Narrative

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran published the first public list of 101 victims of secret group executions in Vakilabad Prison today. The Campaign called on the Iranian Parliament and judiciary to immediately institute a moratorium on executions and to move swiftly to ...

December 31, 2011

Media – 2011

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December 23, 2011

Iranian Christian Journalist Discusses Government Campaign to Target Protestants

The Farsi Christian News Network is an organization comprised of Iranian journalists disseminating information about Christians in Iran. (23 December 2011) As Christmas approaches this year, ...

December 23, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh

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December 22, 2011

Commentary: Broadcasting Tehran’s Repression

Oped published in Wall Street Journal Europe By Shirin Ebadi and Hadi Ghaemi ...

December 21, 2011

Podcast 39: “Education Under Fire”

In this podcast we examine the persecution of the Baha’i community and talk to David and Jeff Hoffman, the director and executive producer of the film “Education Under Fire,” a new documentary that profiles an unofficial school that called the Baha’i Institute for ...

December 20, 2011

Apostasy Verdict Delayed So Pastor Can Repent

The Iranian Judiciary reportedly ordered the Rasht court last week to postpone a verdict in the apostasy trial of Christian Pastor and convert Youcef Nadarkhani. The Judiciary’s order came after Nadarkhani’s case provoked international outcry. Human rights groups and several foreign governments have criticized Iranian authorities ...

December 19, 2011

Female Kurdish Prisoner’s Death Sentence Overturned

The Supreme Court has reduced the death sentence of Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, to life in prison. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Jalalian’s lawyer Mohammad Sharif said that prison authorities had previously informed Jalalian of ...

December 17, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, Norwegians Support Sotoudeh

To mark the occasion of Human Rights Day, dozens of Iranians gathered in outside of the location  Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo, demanding the freedom of political prisoners ...

December 17, 2011

Revolutionary Guard Confiscated Confidential Footage to Fabricate Film, Says Nourizad

Following the release of a private and confidential film about his personal life, renowned filmmaker and journalist Mohammad Nourizad spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the illegality of its release. ...

December 17, 2011

Student Activist Expelled for “Disobedience”

According to a source who spoke to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, women’s rights and student activist Setareh Elyasi has been expelled from university. ...

December 17, 2011

Imprisoned Blogger Embarks on Hunger Strike

Zoleykha Mousavi, mother of imprisoned blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since the start of her son’s hunger strike on 9 December he has been in very poor condition. ...

December 15, 2011

Podcast 43: Internet Censorship in Iran- Interview with Mehdi Yahyanejad

We all use the internet. But what does it mean to use the internet in a country where freedom of speech is under assault? This week, we talk to Mehdi Yahyanejad, the founder of the Balatarin, the Persian language version of Reddit or Digg. Mr. ...

December 14, 2011

“His New Charge is ‘Assistance in Espionage,’ But It’s Not Clear Whom He Was Assisting”

Saeed Naimi, who was transferred from Karaj Prison to Tabriz Prison, is currently facing new charges of “assistance in espionage.” Naimi’s wife, Saideh Islami, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her husband’s new charges and his current conditions in prison. ...

December 14, 2011

Student Activist Develops Stuttering, Stomach Bleeding, and Hepatitis After 5 Months In Prison

Ashkan Zahabian, a student activist who was released on 21 September 2011 after spending five months in prison, is suffering from stomach bleeding, serious liver damage, and stuttering as a result of his conditions in prison. A source close to Zahabian told the International Campaign ...

December 14, 2011

Kurdish Students Released on Bail

A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that six of the seven Kurdish students arrested by the Intelligence Office of Sanandaj during the recent months were released and only one of them is still in detention presently. The seven Kurdish ...

December 14, 2011

Christian Convert Imprisoned for Holding Baptism in Turkey

Alireza Seyyedian,* 36, a Muslim who converted to Christianity six years ago, was sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, Seyyedian’s lawyer, said that his ...

December 12, 2011

Le Monde Reports on the Free Sotoudeh Project

Coverage of the Campaign’s Free Sotoudeh Project in France. ...

December 10, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh

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December 7, 2011

Two Inmates Hanged in Public in Kermanshah; Six Others Hanged in Central Prison

On 28 November, the Public Relations Unit of Kermanshah General and Revolutionary Courts issued a statement about the execution of two inmates convicted of rape and kidnapping. According to local sources, the two convicts were hanged at 10 in the morning on Sunday 29 November ...

December 7, 2011

“If His Confessions Are Broadcast, It’s All Lies,” Says Imprisoned Journalist’s Sister

More than two months have passed since Iranian journalist Amir Ali Allamehzadeh was arrested. His family members, who have been permitted only limited contact with him since he was taken into custody on September 18th, say they remain bewildered by his arrest and are extremely ...

December 5, 2011

Launch of Free Sotoudeh Project

(5 December 2011) Today, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran launched a project to help build support for the release of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and highlight the tragic situation of Iranian prisoners of conscience. The launch coincides with the occasion ...

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