UN Press Release: Citing COVID Risk, Bachelet Calls on Iran to Release Jailed Human Rights Defenders
Iran is “Using the criminal justice system as a tool to silence civil society” Farsi version Geneva (6 October 2020) – UN High Commissioner ...
Iran is “Using the criminal justice system as a tool to silence civil society” Farsi version Geneva (6 October 2020) – UN High Commissioner ...
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 prisoners, Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh--and ...
Father of Amirhossein Moradi Distraught Over His Son’s Unjust Death Sentence Iranian authorities have rejected requests by Amirhossein Moradi, who has ...
Rushed Convictions Show Judiciary Willing to Do Bidding of Intelligence Forces State Responds to Growing Societal Discontent with Intensified Efforts to Silence All Dissent October ...
Court Annuls Privatization of Company but Unpaid Wages and Withheld Insurance Benefits Persist “We are going to witness a big wave of labor protests ...
Nasrin, a new documentary scheduled for its world premiere on October 1, 2020, tells the important and fascinating story of Nasrin ...
Shahin Naseri Transferred to Police Security Unit, Told Not to Testify in Court Witness States He Saw Afkari Being Severely Beaten with Metal Rod Shahin ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Had Been on Hunger Strike Since Aug 11 September 26, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has broken ...
UN Calls Her Return to Prison “Unfathomable” and “State Retaliation for Her Tireless Work Defending Human Rights” Sixteen of the UN’s top experts released ...
Urgent Concerns Over Health of Human Rights Attorney Six Weeks into Her Hunger Strike Family Still Kept in Dark about Her Medical State September 23, ...
“The regime…knows no legal, logical or religious bounds in denying the rights of dissidents” Prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, imprisoned in Iran ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Death Sentence Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt Kurdish political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani is in danger of imminent execution ...
Husband Catches Glimpse as She is Wheeled for Tests: “She does not look well at all” Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike Since ...
The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is a cruel policy” A group of prominent ...
Execution of Navid Afkari: “Imposed following a process that did not meet even the most basic…fair trial standards, behind a smokescreen of a ...
Champion Wrestler Executed despite Evidence of Torture and Innocence September 12, 2020—The execution of Navid Afkari, the 27-year-old champion wrestler, by ...
Urgent Call for International Show of Solidarity to #FreeNasrin as Lawyer Begins Fifth Week of Hunger Strike September 9, 2020—Prominent global artists and ...
“The unjust sentences of political prisoners…may turn into death sentences if urgent action is not taken.” International pressure on Iran to release imprisoned human ...
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 rights organizations, including the Center ...
Lawyer for Navid Afkari: Video Footage Proves He Did Not Commit Alleged Crime “There is not one shred of evidence ... they are looking ...
Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney Refuses Food to Demand Release of Prisoners Endangered by COVID-19 Husband: “Nasrin has become extremely weak” August 31, 2020—The health of ...
Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must report to Evin Prison to ...
New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security” Cases Imprisoned human rights ...
Arrest of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of imprisoned ...
Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike ...