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Cartoon 11: You Are Not Alone (For Bahman Ahmadi Amouee)

Cartoon 11: You Are Not Alone (For Bahman Ahmadi Amouee)

July 2, 2012

Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, a prominent journalist and economic analyst, has been in prison since his arrest on June 20, 2009. On 11 June 2012, on the anniversary of the 2009 presidential election, prisoners in Ward 350 in Evin Prison got together to commemorate the year anniversary of the death of Hoda Saber, authorities transferred Amouee, ...

Fariborz Raisdana Facing Health Problems in Prison

Fariborz Raisdana Facing Health Problems in Prison

June 29, 2012

Prominent economic analyst Fariborz Raisdana, who has been in prison for over a month, is facing a deterioration of his health condition. His wife, Azadeh Forghani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that poor prison treatment and conditions threaten his physical state. “Due to his age and his different illnesses, the prison ...

Cartoon 10: “Recognized Religion,” Unrecognized Believers

Cartoon 10: “Recognized Religion,” Unrecognized Believers

June 29, 2012

The Iranian Constitution grants Christianity the status of ‘recognized religion,’ safeguarding the right of its believers to exercise their faith. In practice, authorities are increasingly persecuting Christians, especially Protestants and converts, closing churches, arresting community leaders, and even threatening converts with execution. ...

“I Am Certain Security Forces Murdered My Daughter,” Says Former MP

“I Am Certain Security Forces Murdered My Daughter,” Says Former MP

June 28, 2012

Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Nejadian Fard, a former member of the Iranian Parliament, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that in July 2011 security forces murdered his daughter. He stated that after numerous requests for investigation, Ministry of Intelligence officials have only threatened him to remain silent. ...

Kept in Solitary as Punishment, Says Imprisoned Activist’s Wife

Kept in Solitary as Punishment, Says Imprisoned Activist’s Wife

June 28, 2012

Saeed Madani, 74, remains in Evin Prison’s Ward 209 after having completed his interrogations. Mansoureh Ettefagh, Madani’s wife, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has likely undergone torture during his detention. She also said that his interrogators are keeping Madani in solitary confinement to punish him. ...

Death Row Inmate Abruptly Transferred, Imminent Execution Feared

Death Row Inmate Abruptly Transferred, Imminent Execution Feared

June 28, 2012

A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the abrupt transfer of Younes Aghayan, a political prisoner on death row, from his prison cell to other detention locations, has sparked fears of his imminent execution. According to the local source, Special Police Forces transferred a handcuffed, foot-cuffed, and blindfolded Younes ...

Imprisoned Kurdish Activist Deprived of Visit with Ailing Son

Imprisoned Kurdish Activist Deprived of Visit with Ailing Son

June 28, 2012

Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, a Kurdish human rights activist who has been in prison since 2007, has been on a wet hunger strike for over a month to demand visitation rights with his sick child. After visiting him on June 20, Kaboudvand’s wife, Parinaz Baghban Hassani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that ...

Female Kurdish Prisoner Sentenced to 15 years

June 22, 2012

According to the human rights source, security forces from Sanandaj Intelligence Office arrested Safieh Sadeghi in November 2010. She was transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s Detention Center in Sanandaj, where she was interrogated for 4.5 months. Sadeghi was denied telephone calls or visitation with her family, and she was kept in solitary cells in order ...

Activist Imprisoned with Drug Trafficker Inmates In Zanjan

Activist Imprisoned with Drug Trafficker Inmates In Zanjan

June 22, 2012

Taghi Rahmani, husband of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that at his wife’s last visit with her family, a stammering Mohammadi appeared with a bruised face. “During the Saturday, 16 June visitation, Narges’ face was bruised. She told [her parents] that on Wednesday, 13 June, ...

Saharkhiz Held for Additional 18 Months Despite Severe Medical Condition

Saharkhiz Held for Additional 18 Months Despite Severe Medical Condition

June 22, 2012

Upon completion of his three-year prison term, journalist Issa Saharkhiz has been sentenced to an additional 1.5 years in prison, despite a medical commission’s determination that he is unable to endure his punishment. “They don’t want my father released, so they put him on trial again,” his son, Mehdi Saharkhiz, told the International Campaign for ...

Despite Shaky Evidence, Hamid Ghassemi Awaits Execution

Despite Shaky Evidence, Hamid Ghassemi Awaits Execution

June 22, 2012

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, sister of Hamid Ghassemi,a prisoner whose death sentence has been sent to the Judiciary’s Sentence Enforcement Unit, reported about her brother’s poor psychological state in prison. “Unfortunately, Hamid is really messed up psychologically. Any moment his sentence may be carried out and we ...

Cartoon 8: “No One is Free Until Everyone is Free”

Cartoon 8: “No One is Free Until Everyone is Free”

June 15, 2012

On June 12, at least 50 prisoners of conscience in Evin Prison refused to use their visitation rights in protest of the treatment of political prisoners and in commemoration of the third anniversary of the 2009 post–presidential election demonstrations. Several of the prisoners were subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209. ...

After Anniversary Protest in Evin Prison, 6 Prisoners Transferred to Intelligence Ward

After Anniversary Protest in Evin Prison, 6 Prisoners Transferred to Intelligence Ward

June 12, 2012

On the third anniversary of the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential election, six political prisoners have been transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison. Sources told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that they are concerned about the way the intelligence forces may treat these prisoners. Yesterday, at least 50 prisoners ...

Fear of Secret Executions After 5 Prisoners Transferred to Unknown Location

Fear of Secret Executions After 5 Prisoners Transferred to Unknown Location

June 11, 2012

Five political prisoners sentenced to execution were transferred from the General Ward of Karoon Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location on Saturday, 9 June. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Police Special Forces have been stationed in Karoon Prison and that it has created a worrying atmosphere....

Cartoon 7: Chains and Pains (For Narges Mohammadi)

Cartoon 7: Chains and Pains (For Narges Mohammadi)

June 8, 2012

Narges Mohammadi, a human rights lawyer and deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, began a six-year sentence on 22 April 2012 for “assembly and collusion against national security,” “membership in the Defenders of Human Rights Center,” and “propagating against the regime”–in other words, for doing her job. Like many prisoners of conscience, ...

Cartoon 6: Mahsa & Masoud: ‘Til Prison Do Us Part

Cartoon 6: Mahsa & Masoud: ‘Til Prison Do Us Part

June 5, 2012

Massoud Bastani, a journalist for reformist newspapers, was arrested on 5 July 2009 in the aftermath of the presidential election. He was arrested when he appeared at the Revolutionary Court to follow up on his wife’s charges. He is currently serving his six-year prison sentence in Rajaee Shahr prison in Karaj. Mahsa Amrabadi, fellow journalist ...

Imprisoned Baha’i Refused Medical Leave After Surgery

Imprisoned Baha’i Refused Medical Leave After Surgery

June 1, 2012

66-year old Riaz Sobhani, currently in prison for financially assisting the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE), was refused medical leave after his recent heart surgery. His son, Naim Sobhani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his father was transferred to the hospital for his surgery in chains. ...

Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran

Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran

May 31, 2012

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joins 16 other student and human rights organizations in a statement expressing deep concern for the right to education and academic freedom in Iran. The statement, addressed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, calls for Iran to uphold its obligations ...

Kurdish Political Prisoner Transferred To Drug Traffickers’ Ward

Kurdish Political Prisoner Transferred To Drug Traffickers’ Ward

May 29, 2012

A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that on 21 May, Orumiyeh Prison authorities transferred Kurdish political prisoner Jahangir Badozadeh to the drug traffickers’ ward. The source added that authorities were previously keeping him in solitary confinement. ...

Deprivation of Medical Care Jeopardizes Political Prisoner’s Life

Deprivation of Medical Care Jeopardizes Political Prisoner’s Life

May 25, 2012

(25 May 2012) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately provide medical care for political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and avoid another human tragedy, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. It should also end its systematic policy of denying medical care to prisoners of conscience, thereby causing them permanent physical harm and disability, ...

Iranian physicist sentenced to prison: Nature news and comment

Iranian physicist sentenced to prison: Nature news and comment

May 15, 2012

(15 May 2012) Omid Kokabee, an Iranian graduate student who has been imprisoned in Tehran for the past 15 months, was sentenced to 10 years on Sunday for allegedly conspiring with foreign countries against Iran. Judge Abolghasem Salavati of Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolution Court — who is famous for his harsh sentences — tried 10 ...

Malekpour Family Allowed Visit After Three Months

Malekpour Family Allowed Visit After Three Months

May 14, 2012

The family of Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian-Canadian who was sentenced to death in January 2012, was finally allowed to see him after three months of not being able to visit him. His sister, Maryam Malekpour, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Saeed’s interrogators have prevented him from seeing his family. ...

“Confess on TV or Go to Prison,” Authorities Tell Dadkhah

“Confess on TV or Go to Prison,” Authorities Tell Dadkhah

May 14, 2012

Human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has been under immense pressure during recent days to make false televised confessions. “Tomorrow is my last day to either make television confessions or go to prison. I will go to prison, and I will not [be forced ...

Detention Extended for Gonabadi Dervish Just Before Release

Detention Extended for Gonabadi Dervish Just Before Release

May 8, 2012

Just prior to his release, Kasra Nouri, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish order, was ordered to remain in prison, his mother, Shokoofeh Yadollahi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Following the efforts of the lawyer and the family, Kasra was supposed to have been released last week, but, unfortunately, on orders ...

CIVICUS: Iran must revoke harsh sentences against human rights defenders

CIVICUS: Iran must revoke harsh sentences against human rights defenders

May 3, 2012

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation has published a statement calling attention to the human rights crisis in Iran and, in particular, urging for the release of Mourning Mothers supporter Mansoureh Behkish, who was recently sentenced to four and a half years in prison. CIVICUS is an organization dedicated to empowering various forms of civil ...

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