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October 25, 2010

Veteran Political Prisoner Demands Trial of Supreme Leader

In a letter written from prison, political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi asked international courts to review his grievance against Iran’s Supreme Leader, Seyed Ali Khamenei. From Rajaee Shahr Prison, Tabarzadi called… ...

October 25, 2010

Prominent American Civil Rights Lawyer Calls for Release of Imprisoned Iranian Lawyers

…rights. The letter, written by Michael H. Sussman, comes at a time when prominent human rights lawyers, including Nasrin Sotoudeh who has been imprisoned since 4 September and is reportedly… ...

October 19, 2010

More Than 900 Express Concern About Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Life in Prison

More than 200 social activists and clients of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer imprisoned since 4 September, have expressed their concern for her continued detention while on hunger strike,… ...

October 18, 2010

Sotoudeh’s Husband Says Wife is in Solitary Confinement

Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned human rights lawyer, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his wife is in solitary confinement and in isolation,… ...

October 7, 2010

Shirin Ebadi’s International Appeal to Help Imprisoned Colleague

…Iran that she is appealing to the world to object to the Sotoudeh’s arrest in order to help her. Ebadi also said she is deeply concerned about Sotoudeh’s health conditions…. ...

October 7, 2010

Weekly Rights Podcast 13

…lashes; Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, says he hasn’t heard from his wife for 17 days; Jinous Sobhani, a former secretary at the Defenders of… ...

October 6, 2010

Court Defense of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi

“During my interrogation, I was under duress and torture. As I point out in the enclosed defense bill, I was informed of my charges in an illegal manner. My arrest… ...

October 6, 2010

“I Think They Have Demands Of Her Which She Does Not Wish To Grant,” Says Sotoudeh’s Husband

Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer, has not contacted her family in the past seventeen days. Her husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...

October 4, 2010

Former Ebadi Staffer Sentenced to Two Years In Prison

Jinous Sobhani, former secretary of Defenders of Human Rights Center was sentenced to two years in prison. She was convicted of “acting against national security.” A member of the Baha’i… ...

October 2, 2010

Ebadi and Prominent International Organizations Call for Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

…continued detention without charge or trial of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in Iran and called for her immediate and unconditional release as she is held solely in connection with… ...

October 1, 2010

Sotoudeh Threatened to Drop Case of Colleague

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained a copy of a letter Reza Khandan, wife of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, wrote to Tehran’s Prosecutor about Sotoudeh’s condition in… ...

September 30, 2010

Weekly Rights Podcast 12

…condition and high bail set for her daughter; Parvin Tajik, sister of of journalist and human rights activist Abolreza Tajik, speaks out on his behalf; human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh… ...

September 25, 2010

Mourning Mothers Request Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release to Attend Father’s Funeral

…September 2010, Sotoudeh was subsequently arrested and imprisoned. Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer and member of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, is now a fellow-prisoner to several political prisoners… ...

September 22, 2010

Editor Awaits Trial For Feminist Website Content

Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, a women’s studies researcher and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, was released today after she appeared before the Evin Prison Court “to provide some explanations,”… ...

September 21, 2010

Press Conference on the Human Rights Crisis in Iran

Nobelists Call for Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release On Friday, 17 September 2010, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, in partnership with Human Rights Watch and the Nobel Women’s Initiative,… ...

September 18, 2010

“Nasrin Sotoudeh Under Pressure to Confess Against Herself,” says Shirin Ebadi

…rights community, reporting that Nasrin Sotoudeh has been under severe pressure since her arrest to confess against herself. “According to a resolution by the UN General Assembly, governments are responsible… ...

September 16, 2010

Weekly Rights Podcast 10, Sept 10-16, 2010

…endures in prison; Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained and the Campaign calls for her immediate release; Hossein Karroubi, son of former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, describes the attack on his… ...

September 13, 2010

Suggested Questions for President Ahmadinejad

Page 2 of Suggested Questions 1. Question on former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi Question: Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been indicted by a special Judges Court within the Iranian… ...

September 5, 2010

Release Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

(5 September 2010) The International Campaign for Human Right in Iran called for the immediate release of prominent human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested at Evin prison on… ...

September 1, 2010

Human Rights Lawyer Summoned: “Drop The Ebadi Case Or Face Problems!”

Following the mounting pressure on human rights activists and lawyers, Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer has been targeted by security officers. In an interview with the International Campaign for… ...

September 1, 2010

Arrests and Convictions of Rights Activists and Lawyers Escalate

(1 September 2010) Authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are continuing to arrest and jail civil society activists while persecuting and prosecuting independent lawyers, the International Campaign for Human… ...

July 26, 2010

Issa Saharkhiz’s Lawyers Object to His Court Appearance in Handcuffs

…shackles. “Such treatment is most inappropriate for a prominent journalist such as Mr. Saharkhiz who has a bright and clear background in all his numerous social services,” said Nasrin Sotoudeh…. ...

July 26, 2010

Lawyer Says No Evidence To Support Harsh Sentence For Student

Student activist Zia Nabavi’s lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite her client’s denial of relations with the Mojahedin-E Khalgh Organization (MEK) and… ...

July 21, 2010

“Head of Judiciary Responsible For My Client’s Life,” Says Kaboudvand’s Lawyer

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the life of her client, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, is in serious… ...

April 25, 2010

Shabnam Madadzadeh’s Critical Condition in Evin Prison

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Behrouz Alavi, a student activist and member of the Islamic Association at Tarbiat Moallem University, described the condition… ...

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