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“We Must Not be Silent” Watch the New “Nasrin” Documentary

“We Must Not be Silent” Watch the New “Nasrin” Documentary

October 6, 2020

Available for viewing within the U.S. at the Globe Docs Film Festival from October 1-12, 2020, "Nasrin" is a new feature documentary about one of the world’s most courageous human rights activists and political ...

Prisoner on Death Row Not Allowed to Attend Funeral of Grieving Father Who Committed Suicide

Prisoner on Death Row Not Allowed to Attend Funeral of Grieving Father Who Committed Suicide

October 1, 2020

Father of Amirhossein Moradi Distraught Over His Son’s Unjust Death Sentence Iranian authorities have rejected requests by ...

New Charges Thrown at Political Prisoners to Keep Them Behind Bars

New Charges Thrown at Political Prisoners to Keep Them Behind Bars

September 30, 2020

Rushed Convictions Show Judiciary Willing to Do Bidding of Intelligence Forces State Responds to Growing Societal Discontent with Intensified Efforts ...

Showdown at Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory: Minor Win for Workers, Larger Abuses Left Unchecked

Showdown at Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory: Minor Win for Workers, Larger Abuses Left Unchecked

September 30, 2020

Court Annuls Privatization of Company but Unpaid Wages and Withheld Insurance Benefits Persist “We are going to witness ...

A Conversation with the Director and Producers of the New Documentary, “Nasrin”

A Conversation with the Director and Producers of the New Documentary, “Nasrin”

September 30, 2020

Nasrin, a new documentary scheduled for its world premiere on October 1, 2020, tells the ...

Witness to the Torture of Executed Champion Wrestler Navid Afkari Held Incommunicado

Witness to the Torture of Executed Champion Wrestler Navid Afkari Held Incommunicado

September 29, 2020

Shahin Naseri Transferred to Police Security Unit, Told Not to Testify in Court Witness States He Saw Afkari ...

Nasrin Sotoudeh, Health Deteriorating, Breaks Hunger Strike

Nasrin Sotoudeh, Health Deteriorating, Breaks Hunger Strike

September 26, 2020

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Had Been on Hunger Strike Since Aug 11 September 26, 2020—The imprisoned human rights ...

Top UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

Top UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

September 25, 2020

UN Calls Her Return to Prison “Unfathomable” and “State Retaliation for Her Tireless Work Defending Human Rights”  Sixteen ...

Sotoudeh Transferred from Hospital Back to Prison Despite Serious Heart Condition

Sotoudeh Transferred from Hospital Back to Prison Despite Serious Heart Condition

September 23, 2020

Urgent Concerns Over Health of Human Rights Attorney Six Weeks into Her Hunger Strike Family Still Kept in ...

Narges Mohammadi’s Letter from Prison: “The lives of people on death row are in danger”

Narges Mohammadi’s Letter from Prison: “The lives of people on death row are in danger”

September 22, 2020

“The regime…knows no legal, logical or religious bounds in denying the rights of dissidents” Prominent human rights activist ...

Danger of Imminent Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner, Lawyer Says

Danger of Imminent Execution of Kurdish Political Prisoner, Lawyer Says

September 22, 2020

Supreme Court Refuses to Review Death Sentence Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani ...

Nasrin Sotoudeh in Hospital, Condition Deteriorating, Family Denied Access and Information

Nasrin Sotoudeh in Hospital, Condition Deteriorating, Family Denied Access and Information

September 20, 2020

Husband Catches Glimpse as She is Wheeled for Tests: “She does not look well at all” Imprisoned Human ...

Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals

Leading Academics and Policy Experts Call on Iran to Release Imprisoned Dual Nationals

September 18, 2020

The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is ...

UN “Strongly Condemns” Iran’s Execution of 27-Year-Old Wrestler

UN “Strongly Condemns” Iran’s Execution of 27-Year-Old Wrestler

September 14, 2020

Execution of Navid Afkari: “Imposed following a process that did not meet even the most basic…fair trial ...

Execution of Navid Afkari: “Iran’s Judiciary is a Tool of Political Repression and Violence and a Threat to the People”

Execution of Navid Afkari: “Iran’s Judiciary is a Tool of Political Repression and Violence and a Threat to the People”

September 12, 2020

Champion Wrestler Executed despite Evidence of Torture and Innocence September 12, 2020—The execution of Navid ...

Top UN Iran Expert Expresses “Alarm” at Iran’s “Unprecedented Violent Crackdown” against Protestors

Top UN Iran Expert Expresses “Alarm” at Iran’s “Unprecedented Violent Crackdown” against Protestors

September 11, 2020

Imprisonment of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders, Juvenile Executions, Singled Out for Condemnation In the latest report ...

Celebrated Artists and Authors Join Online Campaign to Free Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

Celebrated Artists and Authors Join Online Campaign to Free Imprisoned Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

September 10, 2020

Urgent Call for International Show of Solidarity to #FreeNasrin as Lawyer Begins Fifth Week of Hunger ...

International Bar Association Calls for Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amirsalar Davoodi

International Bar Association Calls for Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amirsalar Davoodi

September 9, 2020

“The unjust sentences of political prisoners…may turn into death sentences if urgent action is not taken.” International pressure ...

22 Rights Organizations Call for UN-Led Inquiry Into Repression of Iran’s November 2019 Protests

22 Rights Organizations Call for UN-Led Inquiry Into Repression of Iran’s November 2019 Protests

September 9, 2020

A session of the UN's Human Rights Council. Urgent Need for Accountabilty After “Brutal Campaign of Mass Repression by the Iranian Authorities” A coalition of international ...

Death Sentence for Champion Wrestler Based on False Evidence, Torture and Forced False Confessions

Death Sentence for Champion Wrestler Based on False Evidence, Torture and Forced False Confessions

September 2, 2020

Lawyer for Navid Afkari: Video Footage Proves He Did Not Commit Alleged Crime “There is not one shred ...

Critical Deterioration in Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Health as Hunger Strike Hits Three-Week Mark

Critical Deterioration in Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Health as Hunger Strike Hits Three-Week Mark

August 31, 2020

Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Refuses Food to Demand Release of Prisoners Endangered by COVID-19 Husband: “Nasrin has become ...

Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence

Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence

August 24, 2020

Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi ...

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization

August 18, 2020

New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion ...

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies

August 18, 2020

Arrest of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh ...

Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison

Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison

August 12, 2020

Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer ...

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