In the Media: 2010
Canadian blogger gets bail in Iran
CBC News – December 10, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday that Derakhshan is expected back in prison in a few days, but gave no details.
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Iran blogger Hossein Derakhshan temporarily released
BBC News – December 9, 2010
On its website, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) says Derakhshan had requested a prison furlough, or temporary release.
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Iransk pastor dømt til døden (Iranian minister sentenced to death)
Vartoland – December 9, 2010
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Iranian Blogger ‘Hoder’ Reportedly Released From Prison
National Public Radio News Blog – December 9, 2010
Hossein Derakhshan, better known as “Hoder”, has been released from an Iranian prison after posting a $1.5 million bail, the International Campaign for Human Rights says it’s been told by “an informed source.”
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Iranian blogger given leave from prison
The Guardian – December 9, 2010
The dissident Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan – known as Hoder – has been released on bail of $1.5m (£953,000), according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Report: Famed Iranian blogger granted prison leave
The Washington Post – December 9, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday that Derakhshan is expected back in prison in a few days, but gave no further details.
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Student stars that punish, not reward
University World News – December 8, 2010
“Effectively, depriving students of higher education became a method of punishing dissent and a systematic campaign of targeting those critical of authorities,” said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, whose just-released report Punishing Stars: Systematic discrimination and exclusion in Iranian higher education includes testimony from 27 ‘starred’ and excluded students.
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Rights group warns of escalating repression of university students in Iran
Hurriyet Daily News – December 8, 2010
Since 2005 the Ahmadinejad government has barred more than 200 students from university education on political and religious grounds, according to a recent report released by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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In Iran, a Christian pastor faces death sentence
CNN – December 7, 2010
Youcef Nadarkhani, a 32-year-old member of the Church of Iran ministry and pastor of an approximately 400-person congregation in the northern city of Rasht, faces death, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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UN committee condemns ‘serious human rights violations’ in Iran
“Exhausted rhetoric cannot hide the fact that Iran’s inhuman treatment of its people has again aroused the condemnation of the member states,” Aaron Rhodes, a spokesman for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said in a statement.
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Group calls on Ghana, Nigeria to demand full disclosure about executed citizens from Iran
Ghana Business News – November 12, 2010
…the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says the governments of the two West African countries should press the Iranian authorities to provide a full and transparent account concerning the alleged executions of citizens from these countries in Iran.
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Don’t ignore Iran’s human rights abuse
The Guardian – November 9, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) called on the United Nations to intervene in her case. Sotudeh has been kept in solitary confinement, denied a lawyer and allowed only token visits by her family in the presence of several security guards.
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Iran tightens security ahead of reforms
UPI – November 9, 2010
Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said the Iranian government is trying to suppress any voice of opposition.
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Iran Arrests Four Student Leaders
Wall Street Journal – November 8, 2010
… students and journalists, in order to prevent them from activism,” said Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran…
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Jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh on hunger strike
BBC News – November 4, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) called on the United Nations to intervene in the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh.
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Rights Group Says Secret Executions In Iranian Prison Continue
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – November 3, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) says authorities at a prison in eastern Iran are continuing to carry out secret executions, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
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International Human Rights Campaign – 23 People Executed in Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison (Persian)
Radio Farda – October 31, 2010
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Iran ex-prisoners tell of secret executions
Al-Arabiya – October 31, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI), an NGO based in New York and the Netherlands, sounded alarm bells over undeclared executions, many taking place in groups, carried out at the Vakilabad Prison in the eastern city of Mashhad, the UAE daily The National reported Sunday.
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Prisoners in Iran tell of secret mass executions
The National – October 31, 2010
Credible information from former inmates indicates that “numerous” undeclared executions have taken place in Vakilabad Prison over the past year, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said in a statement. Many reportedly were hanged in groups.
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Human Rights Defenders: Release Nasrin Sotoudeh (Persian)
BBC Persian – October 3, 2010
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The National – October 1, 2010
“We hope very much that other countries around the world will follow suit with similar blacklists that… affect the perpetrators of gross human-rights violations but which don’t negatively impact on the population as a whole,” Aaron Rhodes, a German-based spokesman for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said.
The Latest Enemies of Iran: Dogs and Their Owners
Time Magazine – April 29, 2011
In the aftermath of that upheaval, the state has moved to tighten its control over a wide range of Iranians’ private activities, from establishing NGOs to accessing the Internet, to individual lifestyle decisions, according to Hadi Ghaemi, the director for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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America Sanctions Eight Iranian Government and Security Officials for Human Rights Abuses (Persian)
Radio Farda – September 29, 2010
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Iran’s ‘Blogfather’ Sentenced to Long Prison Term
AOL News – September 29, 2010
Hossein Derakhshan, 35, was convicted for “cooperation with hostile states, propagating against the regime, propagation in favor of anti-revolutionary groups, insulting sanctities, and implementation and management of obscene websites,” according to the conservative news site Mashreqhnews.ir, as translated by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran’s ‘blogfather’ sentenced to almost 20 years in prison
CNN – September 29, 2010
Derakhshan was arrested on November 1, 2008, and is being held at the Evin Prison in Tehran, reported the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran jails pioneering blogger for ‘anti-state activity’
BBC News – September 28, 2010
Pressure group the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called Derakhshan “a prisoner of conscience, prosecuted and sentenced solely for his opinions and writings”.
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Iran Sentences Blogger to Prison
VOA News – September 28, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Mashreq news say Hossein Derakhshan received more than 19 years in prison after being convicted on charges of spreading propaganda and cooperating with “hostile” countries.
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Long Jail Term for Iran’s ‘Blogfather’
The New York Times – September 28, 2010
On its Web site, The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that a source close to Mr. Derakhshan’s family confirmed the news and added: “Neither the family nor the lawyer knew about the sentence, they read the news online.”
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‘Blogfather,’ columnist get heavy prison terms in Iran
Committee to Protect Journalists – September 28, 2010
According to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, neither Derakhshan’s family nor lawyer were informed about the sentencing and only learned of it by reading the news.
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Public Radio International – September 28, 2010
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Ahmadinejad’s lies need more scrutiny
CNN – September 28, 2010
In anticipation of Ahmadinejad’s trip to New York, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran had in fact prepared a full preparatory list of atrocities perpetrated under the administration of Ahmadinejad’s for American journalists — with key facts and crucial issues that they might raise when interviewing him.
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Iran’s Ahmadinejad, Information Pariah
The Wall Street Journal – September 24, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran published a 36-page guide for reporters in the U.S. outlining how Ahmadinejad snookers reporters from Katie Couric to Charlie Rose.
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Activists Add Spin to United Nations Debates
WNYC – September 20, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says such abuses are often overshadowed by nuclear issues.
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BBC News – September 19, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, has even produced a 56-page “reporters’ guide” on how to interview Iranian officials.
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Ebadi condemns Islamic Republic persecution of human rights defenders
Radio Zamaneh (English) – September 19, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports that Shirin Ebadi has informed them that “unfortunately, human rights activities put you in imminent danger of persecution in Iran at the moment.”
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How Not to Get Played by Ahmadinejad
Foreign Policy – September 14, 2010
In advance of this year’s trip, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has prepared a press guide with suggested questions, useful background on issues and prior interviews, and examples of what to avoid.
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What Are Iranian Politics Behind The Hiker’s Release?
National Public Radio – September 13, 2010
Melissa Block talks with Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the factors at play in Tehran’s courts.
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Price of Freedom for American Hiker in Iran: $500K Bail in Cash
ABC News – September 13, 2010
“Sarah has become victim of political bickering in the country. This shows how deep rifts are within conservative establishment,” Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran told ABC News Saturday.
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Jailed activist, in a letter smuggled out of prison, says he’s being tortured
Los Angeles Times (blog) – September 12, 2010
“Beatings, verbal abuse and degradation, and illegal treatments started at the very moment of my arrest, Momeni wrote in the letter published on the website of International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran: women on the frontline of the fight for rights
The Guardian – September 12, 2010
“We could see her for a few minutes,” Kariman told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran last week. “Just enough to hug her. But we couldn’t ask her how the court session went… We didn’t know what the charges were prior to the court session.”
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Iran says human rights activist “wars against God”
International Business Times – September 7, 2010
Shahrzad Kariman, Nazar-Ahari’s mother, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on Saturday that she had seen her daughter briefly after the trial, although the mother herself was not allowed into the courtroom.
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Hossein Shariatmadari, Iran’s ‘attack dog’, bares his teeth again
The National – September 5, 2010
Hadi Ghaemi, the Iranian-born director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI), listed Shariatmadari as one of 15 “men of violence” who he accused of perpetrating the ferocious crackdown that followed last year’s disputed re-election of Mr Ahmadinejad.
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Neda’s mother appeals for help in finding killer
CNN – August 30, 2010
“I have kept my silence all this time,” Hajar Rostami told the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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مادر ندا آقاسلطان از مجامع بین المللی دادخواهی کرد (Mother of Neda Agha Soltan Seeks Help from International Organizations)
BBC (Persian) – August 30, 2010
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Mother of slain Iranian protester seeks justice
The Associated Press – August 30, 2010
In comments released Monday by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Rostami denounces Iranian authorities for trying to portray her daughter’s death as a suicide or an opposition plot to discredit the Islamic state.
(Also covered by the San Francisco Chronicle, CBS News, Yahoo News, Seattle Times, Jordan Times, and Washington Post)
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Crime (Sex) and Punishment (Stoning)
The New York Times – August 21, 2010
Between 2006 and 2008 at least six stonings took place, all of them in secret, said Hadi Ghaemi, the director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Nokia Siemens says it didn’t help Iranian government spy
CNN – August 20, 2010
“We have to make sure international corporations are not enablers of the Iranian governments’ human rights crimes,” said Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Vozes do Irã e do mundo falam sobre o destino da iraniana condenada à morte
Globo News – August 12, 2010
Brazilian TV documentary about the stoning sentence of Sakineh Ashtiani
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Better treatment urged for Iranian prisoners on hunger strike
CNN International – August 7, 2010
Hada Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said the Tehran prosecutor’s office has failed to provide any accountability to the families.
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Hunger Strikes in Tehran’s Evin Prison
The New York Times – August 6, 2010
Seventeen prisoners in Evin prison began their hunger strike 12 days ago to protest conditions there, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iranian Lawyer, Seeking Asylum, Surfaces in Turkey
Wall Street Journal – August 6, 2010
“Going after Mostafaei is an overall attack on the legal community in Iran to intimidate them into silence,” says Hadi Ghaemi, the New York-based director of International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Irán acosa al abogado de la condenada a lapidación
El Pais – July 29, 2010
Según un comunicado de la organización Campaña Internacional por los Derechos Humanos en Irán, su esposa y su cuñado fueron detenidos el mismo sábado, algo que “cabe interpretar como una medida de presión para que se entregue”.
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Lawyer in Iran stoning case in hiding to avoid arrest, supporters say
CNN – July 28, 2010
According to Rudi Bakhtiar from the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mostafaei was being pressured for making the Ashtiani case too public.
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Lawyer in Iran Stoning Case Now Targeted by Authorities
Newsweek – July 28, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran told CNN that the government was targeting him because of his role in the Ashtiani case, and the international embarrassment it caused.
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Desaparecido el abogado iraní de la condenada a lapidación
La Razon – July 28, 2010
Según cuenta a LA RAZÓN el director de la Campaña Internacional por los Derechos Humanos en Irán (CIDHI), Hadi Ghaemi, Mostafaei estaba sometido a muchísima presión.
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Wall Street Journal Europe – July 19, 2010
Last year the number was 388.”What you find is that the most vulnerable people — the ones who aren’t politically connected, who are poor — are the ones who fall victim to these draconian laws,” Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran told us.
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Diez iraníes aguardan su lapidación
La Razon – July 15, 2010
«Es una barbarie. A los hombres se los entierra hasta la cintura y a las mujeres hasta el pecho, el daño y la muerte es demasiado cruel», explica a LA RAZÓN Hadi Ghaemi, director ejecutivo de la Campaña Internacional por los Derechos Humanos en Irán (CIDHI).
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The world condemns stoning in Iran
El Pais (Translation) – July 10, 2010
“I have seen the statement from the Embassy. It is an attempt to coil international outrage and the campaign against stoning”, suggests Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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El Pais – July 9, 2010
“No hay pruebas en su caso que justifiquen esta sentencia inhumana”, ha denunciado la Campaña Internacional por los Derechos Humanos en Irán, la primera en dar la voz de alarma.
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Iranian Woman Will Not Be Stoned, May Still Be Killed
Newsweek – July 9, 2010
Given the population differences between the two countries, that makes Iran the world’s top executioner per capita, says Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Death By Stoning: Iran’s Internal Debate
Time – July 8, 2010
The judiciary in Tehran has yet to confirm the commuting of Ashtiani’s verdict, and her lawyer has received no official indication, according to Hadi Ghaemi, of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Nokia Rebuked For Giving Iran Media Monitoring Capability
Eurasia Review – July 2, 2010
International Campaign for Human Rights researcher and other present journalists presented the European Union Parliament with a series of solutions for improving the situation of media in Iran.
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Campaign Intensifies in Iran to Spare a Kurdish Activist
The New York Times – June 29, 2010
Some rights experts say that the possibility of another flood of executions has deeply stirred public emotions. “It looks like people feel if they tolerate one execution, there will be a flood of them,” said Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iranian Diaspora Struggles to Find Unified Voice
IPS – June 29, 2010
Hadi Ghaemi, who directs the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and co-founded another group, United4Iran, says that the community is divided between a majority that has not paid much attention to politics in Iran in the past and a small number that identify with distinct political factions.
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The Nation – June 24, 2010
These new revelations, if indeed true, show the hikers have been victims of political machinations and manipulation,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran protests: deserted streets one year on
Channel4 – June 12, 2010
While the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran estimates that 450 people are still in prison as a result of the clampdown on political activities, the exact number is impossible to know…
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La represión en Internet ahoga la movilización de los jóvenes
El Pais – June 13, 2010
En una reciente entrevista, Hadi Ghaemí, el director de la Campaña Internacional por los Derecho Humanos en Irán, cifró los encarcelados pendientes de juicio en dos centenares, la mayoría sin acceso a su abogado o a sus familias, tal como puso de relieve el caso del director de cine Jafar Panahí.
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Tehran Smears Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ebadi Ahead of Election Anniversary
Spero News – June 12, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says Ebadi’s husband was arrested in 2009 and subjected to physical and psychological pressure. According to the group Tavasolian was videotaped while in detention and coerced to make defamatory statements about her.
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Iran’s political crisis-one year on
Al Jazeera – June 11, 2010
And from Geneva, we have Hadi Ghaemi, the director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, which has become one of the leading groups reporting and documenting human rights violations there.
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U.S. working for U.N. rights body to speak out on Iran
Reuters – June 11, 2010
Local police who found him took him to a medical examiner whose report confirms mistreatment, according to Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “His is the most well-documented case we have outside of Iran,” Ghaemi told Reuters.
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As Iran election anniversary nears, Ebadi associate arrested
CNN – June 11, 2010
Narges Mohammadi, a member of Ebadi’s Defenders of Human Rights Center — known as Iran’s leading human rights group — was arrested overnight at her Tehran home, the U.S.-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported Friday.
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Iran students keep opposition alive
Politico – June 11, 2010
At least one third of detainees arrested since these protests began one year ago are students, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran Pressured to Open Doors to U.N. Rights Investigators
IPS News – June 11, 2010
“Javad Larijani’s attempt to bypass discussion of Iran’s serious human rights crisis and particularly his claim that no one is tortured in Iran is contradicted by so many testimonies of victims,” Hadi Ghaemi, spokesperson for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, told IPS.
Death sentences – Iran’s Hanging Judge
Global Arab Network – June 9, 2010
The indictment, posted on the internet by the International Campaign For Human Rights in Iran, amounts to little more than a confused story of alleged US interference in Iran, rather than specific factual evidence.
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Iran pardons, commutes sentences for dozens of detainees
CNN – June 4, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran saw the pardons as a “positive sign,” but said the gesture signals that the prisoners were wrongfully prosecuted. The group called for the release of about 450 other prisoners convicted or sentenced based on their political beliefs.
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With death sentences, Iran seeks to cow opposition
Washington Post – May 24, 2010
They also reflect the regime’s campaign to tarnish the opposition by depicting it … of the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. …
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“Esperamos que España use la presidencia de la UE para impulsar la condena a Irán”
El Pais – May 20, 2010
Los activistas de los derechos humanos fueron uno de los primeros objetivos de las autoridades iraníes tras las protestas post electorales del año pasado. Con los grupos locales silenciados, la Campaña Internacional por los Derechos Humanos en Irán (CIDHI) se ha convertido en una de las principales fuentes de recopilación y difusión de la violaciones que se cometen en Irán. Su director, Hadi Ghaemí, fue también uno de sus fundadores en 2008.
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Jafar Panahi: “Juro por el cine que no voy a cesar mi huelga de hambre”
El Pais – May 19, 2010
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Iran Filmmaker Panahi Goes on Prison Hunger Strike, Group Says
Business Week – May 19, 2010 … and other inmates to stand outdoors naked for one and a half hours, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said in an e-mailed statement. …
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Kurds Strike to Protest Hangings of Dissidents in Iran
Fox News – 14 May 2010
Another of those executed, Farzad Kamangar, a 34-year-old teacher and social worker, had become an international cause celebre, according to Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
Iran’s Execution Machine
Daily Beast – 14 May 2010
… and silence any critical voices,” Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, told The Daily Beast.
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Iran Executes Five Activists, Sending Message to Critics
The New York Times – May 9, 2010
… down any challenge to its authority,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, which is based in New York.
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Iran Faculty Dismissals Seen as Result of New Policy
Science Magazine – Apr 30, 2010
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The New York Times – Apr 21, 2010
The hikers’ Iranian lawyer, Massoud Shafie, told the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently that he has seen their file and…
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Iran presses its crackdown on reformists
International Herald Tribune – Apr 20, 2010
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, based in New York, called the travel ban part of a systematic effort to ‘‘contain critical voices and prevent them from having contact with the international community.’’
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Human Rights Group Protests “Iran’s Purge Of Professors”
Eurasia Review – Apr 20, 2010
(Radio Zamaneh) – International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran announced that the Islamic Republic’s dismissal of prominent university professors on…
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Threats Against Maziar Bahari Extend Repression to Iranian Diaspora
Payvand – April 20, 2010
(19 April 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today strongly condemned government threats against Maziar Bahari and warned against…
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Hikers’ families at the mercy of Tehran
Minneapolis Star Tribune – Apr 17, 2010
Shafie, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, said his clients’ file only mentions “their illegal border crossing.
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Iran bars reformist leader from Japan conference
The Associated Press – Apr 16, 2010
The New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said the travel ban against Khatami was “part of systematic effort to contain criticism…”
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Film Director Pays for Supporting Iran Protests
The New York Times (blog) – Apr 2, 2010
Just after his arrest in March, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported that a Tehran prosecutor had told Iranian state news agencies… ———
Three Months After Mofidi’s Imprisonment: Tales of Rough Treatment in Prison
Iranian – Apr 1, 2010
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran demands that Iran’s judicial authorities end the illegal and inhumane process of this journalist’s treatment…
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Iranian election detainees Emdeddin Baghi suffer severe ill health
Payvand – Mar 31, 2010
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran had reported that the family had posted a thirty-thousand-dollar bail for her release but the officials had…
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Human Rights in Iran and the Plight of the Bahais
Iranian – Mar 31, 2010
Rudi Bakhtiar: Former CNN & Fox News Anchor, Current Communications Director for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. by Ali Najafi on Wed…
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Iran Calls Political Opponents Enemies of Islam
ABC News – March 9, 2010
Valian is among a dozen people convicted of moharebeh offenses, said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran Arrests Filmmaker Who Backed Opposition
The New York Times – March 2, 2010
Hadi Ghaemi, the director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a New York-based group, said, “Those who have been released are out of jail on bail, and we suspect that there is a huge amount of pressure on those in prison to publicly apologize.”
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Dissident Iranians find refuge in Turkey
Washington Post – February 15, 2010
“You now have people working together to say bring back the promise of a more transparent, open society that was lost when Ahmadinejad came to power,” said Hadi Ghaemi, director of the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Iran sentences another activist to death; authorities step up arrests ahead of anniversary
Associated Press – February 9, 2010
Meanwhile, the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said compiled figures show that at least 1,000 people have been detained in Iran since the unrest began, but that the actual number is likely higher.
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Arrests by Iran Are a Bid to Quell Wide Protests
The New York Times – February 9, 2010
Though the government does not report the numbers of those arrested, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a group based in New York, calculated that in the past two months at least 1,000 people have been imprisoned, many arrested under a blanket detention order issued in June that empowers the police to take anyone into custody for any reason.
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International Herald Tribune – February 3, 2010
Hadi Ghaemi, the executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a group based in the United States, said: ‘‘The executions are clearly a sign of the government’s frustration to end the protests.
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