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July 22, 2020

UN Press Release: Experts Demand Urgent Release from Prison of Narges Mohammadi and other Arbitrarily Detained Prisoners

Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too… ...

July 20, 2020

Clip of Narges Mohammadi Being Tested for COVID-19 Manufactured, Says Husband

…on July 16, 2020, claiming to show imprisoned human rights defender Narges Mohammadi being tested for the coronavirus by what appears to be a medical professional on the previous day,… ...

July 8, 2020

Imprisoned Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi May Have COVID-19 Virus, Husband Says

Multiple Prisoners Showing Signs of Virus, No One Tested “Narges Mohammadi is being denied every basic right because she takes a stand” Imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi and other… ...

July 7, 2020

Atena Daemi Begins New Prison Sentence on Day She Was to Be Freed

Rights Activist Will Serve Two More Years in Prison After Serving Five More New Cases Opened Against Daemi, Maryam Akbari Monfared, Leila Hosseinzadeh and other Prisoners Despite completing a five-year… ...

April 17, 2020

UN Urges Iran to “Immediately Release” Political Prisoners and Dual, Foreign Nationals

April 17, 2020 – UN human rights experts today called on Iran to expand its temporary release of thousands of detainees to include prisoners of conscience and dual and foreign… ...

February 27, 2020

2020

The Center for Human Rights in Iran received over 4,000 news media citations from international print, radio, TV, and online news media outlets between January 1, 2020 and December 31…. ...

December 29, 2019

These Women and Men Inspired Us All

A grieving mother who vowed to continue pursuing her slain son’s pursuit of freedom. A housewife who lost her life while trying to save a victim of state violence. A… ...

December 27, 2019

“They Know That Moving Her to This Prison Could Kill or Paralyze a Human Rights Activist”

Prisoner of Conscience Violently Transferred to Distant Prison for Demanding Justice for Slain Street Protesters By transferring prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi from Evin Prison in Tehran to the… ...

December 4, 2019

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Speaks Out from Prison on Iran’s Brutality against Protestors

“There can only be one demand and that is the punishment of those responsible for the massacre of defenseless people. This must become a national call” “The state has shown… ...

October 24, 2019

Another Mother Denied Visits With Children Under Evin Prison’s New Director

Following additional restrictions imposed on political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison by its newly appointed Director Gholamreza Ziaei, Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s visits with her family members have been canceled, the Center… ...

October 18, 2019

14 Women Activists to Be Prosecuted for Demanding Supreme Leader’s Resignation

The prosecution of 14 women who signed a statement demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin on October 21, 2019, at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary… ...

October 16, 2019

Reign of Evin Prison’s New Director Begins with Denial of Political Prisoners’ Rights

Female Prisoners of Conscience Denied Phone Contact with Children The appointment of Gholamreza Ziaei, former director of two disreputable prisons in Iran, as the new chief of Evin Prison on… ...

October 15, 2019

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi Has Been Separated from Her Children for Five Years and Counting

Imprisoned human rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has not been able to hold her two children since 2015, for nearly five years, her mother Ozra Bazargan wrote in an open letter… ...

October 11, 2019

Iran Must Confront Its Child Protection Crisis

On the International Day of the Girl Child, All States Urged to Address Needs of Girl Children Child Marriage, Lack of Protection against Abuse, Juvenile Executions Key Issues in Iran… ...

August 29, 2019

At Least 13 Signers of Open Letters Urging Khamenei’s Resignation Are Arrested

Demonstrating the Iranian authorities’ continued intolerance for peaceful dissent, two open letters written since June 2019 by 28 political and civil rights activists urging Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to… ...

August 19, 2019

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran’s government to achieve broad public compliance with… ...

July 16, 2019

Zaghari-Ratcliffe Transferred to Psychiatric Ward, Held Incommunicado

Revolutionary Guards Blocking Outside Contact, Says Free Nazanin Campaign Imprisoned Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in the psychiatric ward of the Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran since July… ...

July 10, 2019

UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment

UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several… ...

June 25, 2019

Letter: Political Prisoner Thanks Richard Ratcliffe for Being the “Voice” of Mothers Behind Bars in Iran

…Their Daughter Will Soon Have to Leave Iran to Start School in the UK Prominent political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written a letter thanking Richard Ratcliffe for highlighting the suffering… ...

June 18, 2019

Prominent Iranian Activists Speak Out Against Councilman’s Imprisonment

Former Political Prisoners Condemn the Criminalization of Free Speech in Iran A group of prominent political and civil rights activists in Iran has issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of… ...

June 7, 2019

Iran: Release Narges Mohammadi for Medical Treatment Immediately

…2019 – The Iranian authorities must immediately transfer prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi to a hospital for full and proper medical care, the Center for Human Rights in Iran… ...

May 29, 2019

170+ Iranian Women Activists Condemn Sanctions and Threats of War

More than 170 members and supporters of Iran’s women’s movement have signed a statement strongly opposing sanctions and threats of war on the country. Most of the signatories are based… ...

May 13, 2019

Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice

Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her… ...

May 3, 2019

Narges Mohammadi Rushed Back to Prison from Hospital Against Doctors’ Orders

Prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi was recently taken from Evin Prison to a hospital in Tehran where she was told she needed urgent treatment for several issues but was… ...

April 12, 2019

Prominent Human Rights Defender: Iran is Intensifying Crackdown on Activism to Stifle Dissent

The Iranian government and judiciary are intensifying a nationwide crackdown on civil society and beyond to stifle any form of dissent, Karim Lahidji, a prominent Iranian human rights attorney now… ...

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