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Sunni Prisoners Pressured to Falsely Confess for TV Documentary

Sunni Prisoners Pressured to Falsely Confess for TV Documentary

June 27, 2013

On the morning of June 10, eight Sunni prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison were asked to confess to certain actions for a documentary film, a source familiar with conditions of religious minority prisoners at the prison told the International Campaign ...

Prisoner of Conscience Said To Be Alive, Though No One Has Seen Him In Prison

Prisoner of Conscience Said To Be Alive, Though No One Has Seen Him In Prison

June 26, 2013

Following rumors that prisoner of conscience Arash Sadeghi had died in prison, his former lawyer told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is alive, though the lawyer refused to answer questions about whether Sadeghi had been ...

Activist Given Six-Year Sentence and Exiled to Bandar Abbas

Activist Given Six-Year Sentence and Exiled to Bandar Abbas

June 26, 2013

Political activist Saeed Madani has been sentenced to six years in prison in exile in Bandar Abbas. Mansoureh Ettefagh, the wife of the social researcher and visiting professor, expressed shock at the harsh sentence and the charges themselves in an ...

Osanloo’s Family Calls for Investigation Into His Prison Death

Osanloo’s Family Calls for Investigation Into His Prison Death

June 26, 2013

The family of deceased prisoner of conscience Afshin Osanloo has requested that the Medical Examiner investigate his cause of death, his sister told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Osanloo’s official cause of death on June 20, 2013, ...

Journalist Completes Prison Sentence, Sotoudeh Released on 4-day Furlough

Journalist Completes Prison Sentence, Sotoudeh Released on 4-day Furlough

June 26, 2013

Imprisoned lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was released from Evin Prison on furlough on Sunday, June 23. Journalist Jila Baniyaghoub was also released from Evin Prison on the same day after completing her one-year prison sentence. ...

Four Years Later, Still No Justice for Neda’s Murder

Four Years Later, Still No Justice for Neda’s Murder

June 24, 2013

On the fourth anniversary of the death of Neda Agha Soltan in the aftermath of the 2009 presidential elections, her mother told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “There was supposed to be a court trial held, but ...

Election Day: Iranian Citizens’ Street Observations

Election Day: Iranian Citizens’ Street Observations

June 14, 2013

While the polls were open in Iran, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran spoke to four voters about their votes, the state of the polling stations, and their expectations for the election. ...

Election Day: News Networks Blocked, Campaign Workers Limited, Universities Closed

Election Day: News Networks Blocked, Campaign Workers Limited, Universities Closed

June 14, 2013

As Iranians cast their votes for president today, authorities are blocking foreign Persian-language television stations, shutting down university campuses, and denying permissions and visas to some poll workers and foreign reporters. ...

Visas Denied for Some Western Reporters, Others Face Difficult Reporting Conditions Inside Iran

Visas Denied for Some Western Reporters, Others Face Difficult Reporting Conditions Inside Iran

June 12, 2013

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that this week Iranian officials have refused the visa applications of many foreign reporters who had applied to travel to Iran for coverage of the June 14 presidential election. Four ...

Iran Accelerates Crackdown on Media and Dissidents Prior to Election

Iran Accelerates Crackdown on Media and Dissidents Prior to Election

June 10, 2013

Iranian authorities should immediately stop censoring newspapers and news websites, arresting political activists, and muzzling foreign journalists within the country, ahead of the June 14 presidential election, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. ...

Iranians’ Access To Technology Now “Up To The Private Companies”

Iranians’ Access To Technology Now “Up To The Private Companies”

June 7, 2013

In an interview with the Campaign, independent Internet security expert Collin Anderson, who participated in the campaign to lift the technology sanctions, described the general license as “an exemplary case of civil society organizations from different fields working together.” Congratulating ...

Even on Death Row, Sunni Prisoners Mistreated for Religious Beliefs

Even on Death Row, Sunni Prisoners Mistreated for Religious Beliefs

June 5, 2013

At Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, 20 Sunni prisoners, facing charges such as “acting against national security” for their proselytizing activities, have been convicted of “moharebeh” [enmity with God], a capital crime, and face an unsuitable atmosphere in prison where ...

Iran’s Oldest Protestant Church Shut Down by Intelligence Ministry, Pastor Transferred to Evin Prison

Iran’s Oldest Protestant Church Shut Down by Intelligence Ministry, Pastor Transferred to Evin Prison

June 4, 2013

Mansour Borji, an advocate for Iranian Christians, told the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the oldest Persian-language Protestant church of Iran, the Central Assemblies of God in Tehran, was shut down on May 26 due to pressure from ...

US Lifting of Tech Sanctions Welcomed

US Lifting of Tech Sanctions Welcomed

June 3, 2013

The Campaign welcomes the Obama administration’s positive step towards facilitating access to information in Iran, and calls on the administration to follow through with legal financial channels for Iranians to access the communications tools. ...

As Elections Approach, Iran Remains Silent on Arrests of Journalists

As Elections Approach, Iran Remains Silent on Arrests of Journalists

May 30, 2013

Iranian officials should break their silence about the status of Baztab Emrooz’s managing editor Ali Ghazali and the news website’s founder Foad Sadeghi, both arrested in the last month in relation to their media activities, and ensure they receive due ...

UN Experts Decry Discrimination Against Women Candidates, Imprisonment of Journalists

UN Experts Decry Discrimination Against Women Candidates, Imprisonment of Journalists

May 29, 2013

In a statement released today, five United Nations human rights experts warned that Iran is seriously violating international law by its continued discrimination against women presidential candidates and the ongoing suppression of the press, as well as its violations of ...

Student Activist Forcefully Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence

Student Activist Forcefully Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence

May 29, 2013

Security forces stormed the home of Ashkan Zahabian, a former Mashhad University student and member of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Student Organization General Council, arrested him, and transferred him to Babol’s Mati Kola Prison on May 27, a source told ...

UN Committee Finds Widespread Discrimination Against Baha’is in Iran

UN Committee Finds Widespread Discrimination Against Baha’is in Iran

May 24, 2013

In a report issued May 21, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights found that Baha’is face “widespread and entrenched discrimination” in Iran, particularly in employment and education. The report also covered several other pressing human rights issues ...

Increased IRGC Forces Create Security State Atmosphere in Border Regions

Increased IRGC Forces Create Security State Atmosphere in Border Regions

May 23, 2013

At least 100 new IRGC forces have been stationed in the Kurdish border regions in Western Iran in recent weeks, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The forces are engaged in patrolling the area ...

Kahrizak Trial Ends: Families Await Ruling on Deaths in Prison

Kahrizak Trial Ends: Families Await Ruling on Deaths in Prison

May 23, 2013

The eleventh and final session of the trial for the deaths in Kahrizak Prison of three detainees in 2009 was held on Wednesday, May 22. Though the judge has not yet announced the adjournment of the trial, the lawyers told ...

HOPE Concert for the Iranian People To Be Held in Berlin

HOPE Concert for the Iranian People To Be Held in Berlin

May 22, 2013

On June 7, Iranian-American journalist and peace activist Roxana Saberi, who was arrested in Iran in 2009 and freed after international outcry, will present the HOPE Concert at the Velodrom in Berlin in worldwide support for the Iranian people. The ...

Security Forces and Police Vehicles Increase Monitoring in Tehran

Security Forces and Police Vehicles Increase Monitoring in Tehran

May 22, 2013

One day after the names of Iranian presidential candidates were announced by the Guardian Council, there was a tense security atmosphere in several areas of Tehran on May 22, following news of the disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar ...

Kahrizak Plaintiff Withdraws Murder Suit Against Mortazavi; No Witnesses Summoned

Kahrizak Plaintiff Withdraws Murder Suit Against Mortazavi; No Witnesses Summoned

May 21, 2013

The tenth session of the trial of former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and two other officials for the deaths in Kahrizak Prison of three detainees in 2009 opened yesterday with the father of one of the victims withdrawing his “participation ...

Prisoners of Conscience Recalled from Furlough, Journalists Threatened in Tehran

Prisoners of Conscience Recalled from Furlough, Journalists Threatened in Tehran

May 21, 2013

Two journalists and a blogger previously released on furlough have been recalled to prison and are expected to turn themselves in today, and imprisoned lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s promised furlough has not been granted. Security forces have also recently summoned several ...

Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari on Censorship in Iran

Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari on Censorship in Iran

May 20, 2013

On May 8, 2013, world-famous political satirist Jon Stewart of The Daily Show held a discussion about censorship and power in Iran, followed by a lively Q&A, at an event hosted by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, ...

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