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Police Attack Shiraz University Seminar after Days of Student Protests

March 15, 2008

UPDATE: (15 March 2008) On March 11, Iranian authorities released four students detained on the previous Sunday during the violent police attack. The detainees were held at the Intelligence Ministry’s detention center in Shiraz. Special Forces beat the students as ...

International Support for Persecuted Women’s Rights Campaigners in Iran

March 7, 2008

(7 March 2008) In a strong show of international support for the Iranian women’s rights movement, over 280 leading women’s right advocates and organizations from around the world including six Nobel Peace Laureates have expressed their serious concern about the ...

Launch of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

March 5, 2008

(5 March 2008) Independent human rights activists are today launching an international campaign to address egregious human rights violations and the repression of human rights activists and social movements in Iran. ...

New Wave of Detentions, Summons, and Trials Targets Women’s Rights Activists

February 29, 2008

(29 February 2008) The Iranian government has intensified its prosecution of women’s rights activists. During the past week, two activists were detained, two summoned to court, and two others put on trial. ...

Death Sentence Issued for Baluchi Activist

February 26, 2008

(26 February 2008) The Judiciary’s spokesman, Alireza Jamshidi, confirmed that the Revolutionary Court in the southeastern city of Zahedan issued a death sentence for Yaghoob Mehrnehad, a social activist, on 7 February 2008. ...

Workers Flogged for Celebrating May Day

February 26, 2008

(26 February 2008) An appeals court in city of Sanandaj has sentenced 11 workers to flogging and financial fines for participating in an event celebrating May Day 2007. ...

Novelist Sentenced to One Year Imprisonment for His Fictional Writings

February 24, 2008

(24 February 2008) In an unprecedented ruling, an Iranian appeals court revised a suspended sentence against Yaghoob Yadali, a novelist, to actual imprisonment. His lawyer said the court is not legally empowered to issue such a ruling. ...

Appeal to End Juvenile Executions in Iran

February 5, 2008

Send an appeal to Iranian leaders to end the repugnant practice of executing juvenile offenders. ...

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