An Interview with Maurice Copithorne, Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Iran
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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: ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Parvin Tajik, the sister of imprisoned journalist Abdulreza Tajik, said that ever since 12 June when her brother was arrested, there has not been any news of where he was arrested, the reason ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the wife of imprisoned teacher, Hashem Khastar said that her husband is in critical health conditions at Evin. Hashem Khastar’s two-year prison sentence was recently issued at an appeals court. His wife told ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Sharif provided some information about the case of the Kurdish activist, Zeinab Jalalian. Mohammad Sharif is a lawyer who represents political prisoners. He is also a member of the Defenders of Human ...
(3 July 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran appealed to the Iranian Judiciary to halt the execution of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year old mother of two children convicted of adultery, who faces death by stoning, and for her case be reviewed ...
Narges Mohammad, Deputy Director and Spokesperson for Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) was released on Friday, 2 July 2009. One day after her release from prison, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mohammadi who is a winner ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iranian lawyer Khalil Bahramian talked about his efforts to visit Zeinab Jalalian in prison in order to have her sign power of attorney documents. Bahramian, a member of the International Committee Against Executions ...
Listen to this week’s “Weekly Rights Podcast”: “This is the “Weekly Rights Podcast” a review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It’s June and this is our second weekly podcast. Will more political prisoners face execution soon?” [audio:https://iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/ichri_podcast_june28.mp3|titles=June 28-July ...
(28 June 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately suspend all execution sentences of political prisoners and initiate a thorough and independent review of these cases, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 27, faces imminent execution, as her ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Babak Heshmat Saran’s mother, Elaheh Nazjoo, expressed concern about his conditions. Nazjoo said that since her son’s arrest two weeks ago, judicial authorities have not answered her inquiries about his situation and ...
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, wife of imprisoned Iranian labor activist Mansour Osanloo, Parvaneh Osanloo, shared details of a harrowing 23 June 2010 incident involving her daughter-in-law, Zoya Samadi. Samadi was abducted and detained by security forces and ...
A source close to Mohammad Saber Abbasian told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that 105 days after being arrested, his family has not been able to secure his release by posting bail. Shiraz’s Revolutionary Prosecutor continues to hold Abbasian under temporary detention. ...
Listen to this week’s “Weekly Rights Podcast”: “This is the “Weekly Rights Podcast” a review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It’s June 24 and this our first weekly podcast. In Iran, the judiciary continues to arrest ...
During an appearance on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s state television this week, Mohammad Javad Larijani repeatedly misrepresented the events of last week’s Human Rights Council session in Geneva. Larijani’s false statements were an attempt to conceal the wide range of objections faced by the ...
On the anniversary of Iranian elections, two students of human rights were arrested in Beijing outside the Iranian Embassy as they carried a sign that read: “Free Iran, say NO to theocracy.” Iranian Embassy authorities apparently could not tolerate even two protesters with the impending ...
In the past few months, students at Qazvin International University have faced an increase in sentences of expulsion, permanent deprivation from education, and other disciplinary actions. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has interviewed one of these students about summonses to the University’s ...
Six days after the arrest of Abdolreza Tajik, a journalist and member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), his family has been unable to obtain information on his condition. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that the simultaneous arrests ...
Salman Sima, a student activist and member of the Advar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat student organization, has gone on hunger strike inside Evin Prison. Sima was arrested on 12 June 2010, his second post-election arrest, and is being detained at the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp’s (IRGC) Ward ...
According to research done by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Arash Saghar, was a senior member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s campaign in last year’s presidential election. He worked in Sunni areas of the country, in the Gonbad Kavoos region. He was arrested ...