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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,… ...
September 21, 2010
Ahmadinejad’s Media Blitz Unfolds as Young Activists Receive Harsh Sentences
While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has proclaimed Iran’s respect for human rights and freedoms during his current New York media blitz, several prominent young Iranian students, human rights defenders, and… ...
August 29, 2010
Mourning Mothers Warn About Traumatic Consequences of Prison Torture
Several mothers who lost a family member during the post-election events have issued a warning statement about the traumatic effects of physical and psychological torture of political prisoners. “The life… ...
July 27, 2010
The “violation” of Abdolreza Tajik In Prison and the Judiciary’s Silence
Several weeks after the arrest of journalist Abdolreza Tajik and his family’s inability to find any information about him, Tajik’s sister said she met with him on Thursday, 15 July… ...
July 26, 2010
Massoumeh Yavari’s Lawyer: “I hope my client is acquitted”
Mohammad Seifzadeh, the lawyer who represents Massoumeh Yavari, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he hopes his client is acquitted of her charges. Seifzadeh, a founding… ...
July 8, 2010
Medical Care Intentionally Denied to Prisoners
…care,” said Hadi Ghaemi, spokesperson for the Campaign. Narges Mohammadi, Deputy Director of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, detained on 10 June 2010, was hospitalized following her recent release…. ...
July 3, 2010
Narges Mohammadi after Release: “Separation from My Sick Toddler Was Beyond Any Torture.”
Narges Mohammad, Deputy Director and Spokesperson for Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) was released on Friday, 2 July 2009. One day after her release from prison, in an interview… ...
June 21, 2010
The Judiciary’s Questionable Silence about Abdolreza Tajik & Narges Mohammadi’s Arrests
…condition. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that the simultaneous arrests of Narges Mohammadi and Abdolreza Tajik, both members of the DHRC, is directly related to… ...
June 17, 2010
Summonses, Arrests, and Heavy Sentences In Tehran
In the weeks leading up to the first anniversary of the June 2009 presidential election, dozens of journalists and political, student, and civil society activists were arrested or summoned and… ...
June 14, 2010
Serial Arrests of Human Rights Defenders — Arrest of Tajik follows that of Mohammadi
…Iran to be arrested in the past 24 hours. Narges Mohammadi, another member of the DHRC, was arrested yesterday following the broadcast of a slanderous program to discredit Shirin Ebadi…. ...
June 11, 2010
Nobel Laureate Defamed on Iranian TV, Colleague Arrested
(11 June 2010) An Iranian state television program defamed human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi in a heavily edited program on 10 June, and an associate and spokesperson… ...
April 27, 2010
Letter by Women’s Rights Activists to Members of the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council
27 April 2010 Your Excellencies, The news of the Iranian government’s candidacy for membership in ECOSOC’s Commission on Status of Women (CSW) has disturbed women’s rights activists worldwide. According to… ...
April 21, 2010
Seven Members of the Defenders of Human Rights Center Banned From Traveling Abroad
…Some of the other members of the organization who have been banned from traveling abroad are Abdolfattah Soltani, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Mohammad Seifzadeh, and Narges Mohammadi. Security and… ...
April 15, 2010
Former President’s Travel Ban Part of Systematic Effort to Contain Criticism
(15 April 2010) The Iranian government’s refusal to allow former president Mohammad Khatami to attend a conference in Hiroshima, Japan, is a violation of his freedom of movement and part… ...
May 11, 2009
Human Rights Defenders Prevented from Leaving Iran; Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested
…detentions, and summons, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The Campaign reported that Narges Mohammadi of the banned Iranian human rights group Defenders Human Rights Center,… ...
December 30, 2008
Reverse Closure of Nobel Laureate’s Rights Group
(30 December 2008) The unlawful raid by Iranian security forces on the Tehran rights group run by Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi on December 21, 2008 raises concerns of a broader… ...
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… ...
September 4, 2008
National Peace Council–A Broad Coalition Opposing Military Confrontation
(4 September 2008) A group of leading civil society activists, intellectuals, lawyers, artists, and others in Iran have joined the National Peace Council to oppose military conflict over the nuclear… ...