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May 14, 2009

Baha’i Leaders Remain Unjustly Detained After One Year

(14 May 2009) Seven Baha’i leaders detained in Evin prison, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm, should be immediately and unconditionally… ...

April 16, 2009

Report on the Status of Women Human Rights Defenders — April 2009

As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, human rights abuses are on the rise. Women’s rights activists advocating for legal reforms and the protection of women’s rights… ...

February 17, 2009

Baha’i Community in Peril

…today. The Campaign called on the Iranian government to immediately cease its increasingly violent threats against the members of the Baha’i Faith, and to release members of the Baha’i Faith… ...

February 12, 2009

Two Followers of Ayatollah Boroujerdi Detained Incommunicado

(12 February 2009) Iranian authorities should immediately release Maryam Ghasemi and Zahra Abdollahvand, two followers of Ayatollah Boroujerdi who were arrested by order of the Special Court for Clergy in… ...

February 6, 2009

Aziz Samandari

was arrested the morning of 14 January 2009 in his home in Tehran by Intelligence Ministry officials. He is being held incommunicado in Evin Prison…. ...

February 6, 2009

Jinous Sobhani

is a former secretary at the DHRC and the ODMV and was arrested on 14 January 2009. She is being held incommunicado at Evin Prison…. ...

January 22, 2009

Raids and Arrests of Baha’is Reach Critical Levels

…have been targeted with alarming frequency in recent months with 36 Baha’is currently under arrest in Iranian prisons. “The continued targeting of members of the Baha’i community is indicative of… ...

December 30, 2008

End Persecution of Nobel Laureate

(30 December 2008) The Iranian government should end immediately its escalating persecution of Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel peace laureate and a leading human rights defender, Human Rights Watch… ...

December 18, 2008

United Nations General Assembly “Deeply Concerned” about Human Rights Conditions

…of women seeking their human rights; discrimination against minorities and attacks on minority groups like the Baha’is in state media; and the violation of a wide range of political rights…. ...

December 12, 2008

Release Baha’is Detained in Mazandaran

(12 December 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today about the recent detentions of three Baha’is in the province of Mazandaran and called on… ...

December 5, 2008

Allow Peaceful Celebrations of National Student Day

(5 December 2008) Despite three years of persecution and prosecution and increasing threats from official organs against university students, the voices of Iranian students promoting academic freedom on university campuses… ...

October 30, 2008

Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Iran

English, Passed by Third Committee 21 November 2008, Adopted by General Assembly 18 December 2008… ...

October 1, 2008

Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

English, Issued 1 October 2008… ...

August 26, 2008

Threats Against Nobel Peace Laureate Escalate

(26 August 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concerns for the health and safety of Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, following increasing threats… ...

August 6, 2008

Detainees Denied Basic Rights

(6 August 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemned violations of due process in judicial proceedings against several Baha’is, doctors and students who have been held… ...

June 6, 2008

Groups Urge Iran to Cooperate with UN Rights Bodies

(Geneva, 6 June 2008) – The Iranian government should cooperate with United Nations human rights bodies in order to address the ongoing human rights abuses in the country, a group… ...

May 16, 2008

Entire Baha’i Leadership in Iran Detained Without Charge

…account, in terms of Iranian and international law, for the detention on 14 May 2008 of six leading members of the Baha’i Faith, who have been taken to Evin prison…. ...

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