Five Kurdish Political Prisoners Face New Charges
Along with several other political prisoners, the five Kurdish men had been transferred to the Intelligence Office Detention Center on several occasions during the past year, where they had been… ...
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December 11, 2012
Are Family Punishments a Coincidence? Nasrin Sotoudeh Explains Reason for Strike
Nasrin Sotoudeh, the imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer who just ended her 49-day hunger strike to protest the travel ban on her 12-year-old daughter, has written a letter addressed to… ...
December 10, 2012
Cartoon 35: Sotoudeh the Defender
From October 17 to December 4, 2012, human rights lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was on hunger strike to protest the foreign travel ban imposed on her 13-year-old daughter, Mehraveh…. ...
December 4, 2012
Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends 49-Day Hunger Strike After Daughter’s Travel Ban Lifted
Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on September 4, 2010. A lower court sentenced her to 11 years in prison, 20 years’ ban on her legal practice, and 20 years’ ban on… ...
November 28, 2012
Sotoudeh’s Health Critical, Intelligence Says “Continue Hunger Strike to the End!”
Imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been on a hunger strike since October 17, told her husband that her health has deteriorated to the point where she is… ...
November 25, 2012
Time for Brazil to Change Its UN Vote on Iran (Commentary)
(November 25, 2012) In an oped published today in the Brazilian newspaper, O Estado de São Paulo, Camila Lissa Asano and Hadi Ghaemi discuss why Brazil should change its upcoming… ...
November 19, 2012
Nasrin Sotoudeh in Solitary Confinement, 18 Months Without a Phone Call
“When Nasrin launched her hunger strike, our visiting days had been confirmed for Sundays, along with the other women prisoners of conscience. As she is in solitary confinement, though, they… ...
November 9, 2012
Cartoon 30: Women Prisoners, Dignity and Hunger Strike
On October 30, a group of female political prisoners inside Evin Prison’s Ward 350 embarked on a hunger strike to protest their inhumane treatment by Evin Prison authorities following a… ...
October 29, 2012
Cartoon 29: Persevering Even in Prison
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian lawyer, has dedicated her life to fighting for human rights and defending prisoners of conscience in Iran. For her work, she was recently awarded the… ...
October 26, 2012
Imprisoned Iranian Lawyer Awarded Sakharov Prize, Family Says She Is in Critical Condition
The European Parliament today awarded its prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights and freedom of thought to imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh and prominent filmmaker Jafar… ...
October 23, 2012
Nasrin Sotoudeh to Continue Hunger Strike Until Daughter’s Travel Ban Lifted
Protesting her prison conditions, Nasrin Sotoudeh embarked on a wet hunger strike beginning on Wednesday, October 17. Iranian Judiciary officials have not yet reacted to Sotoudeh’s demands. Nasrin Sotoudeh is… ...
September 26, 2012
Commentary: Why CNN’s Ahmadinejad Interview Was a Failure
Commentary: CNN’s prime time interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his final official trip to New York in September 2012, for many who follow Iran’s human rights crisis, seemed to be… ...
September 19, 2012
Weekly Cartoon (20): Living Death
Mohammad Nazari, a Kurdish political prisoner at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, sewed his lips shut and embarked on a hunger strike on August 28, 2012, to protest the judicial… ...
September 17, 2012
After 19 Years in Prison, Political Prisoner Sews Lips and Starts Hunger Strike
“On Monday, August 27, Mohammad Nazari sent a letter to judicial authorities objecting to his conditions and stating that over the past several years, his family has pursued his case… ...
September 11, 2012
International Focus Can Lead to Release of Prisoners of Conscience
(September 11, 2012) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed the release of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and said that cross-regional international attention from UN mechanisms, media, governments, and… ...
August 17, 2012
61 Political Prisoners Released; Others Denied Furlough
Most of the prisoners who were released had already served half of their sentences. Iranian law stipulates that inmates who have served half of their prison term may be released… ...
July 16, 2012
Dissident Cleric Suffers Seizures And Heart Attack In Prison
Farideh Honarvar Shojayee told the Campaign she that during her booth visit with her son on June 30, “Arash’s health was very bad. Though they have been giving him his… ...
July 12, 2012
Officials Should Stop Denying the Existence of Political Prisoners
(July 12, 2012) Iranian officials should cease spreading lies and disinformation about the existence of political prisoners as they are simultaneously imprisoning hundreds for exercising their legal rights, the International… ...
June 29, 2012
UN Special Rapporteurs Condemn Ongoing Executions in Iran
…Abbas Heidarian, Taha Heidarian and Ali Sharif. The four men, three of whom are brothers, were reportedly arrested in April 2011 during a protest in Khuzestan and convicted of Moharebeh… ...
June 12, 2012
After Anniversary Protest in Evin Prison, 6 Prisoners Transferred to Intelligence Ward
…refused to appear at the visitation hall in protest to the treatment of prisoners at the prison. Subsequently, Javad Alikhani, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Saeed Matinpour, Arash Saghar, Farshad Ghorbanpour and… ...
June 11, 2012
Fear of Secret Executions After 5 Prisoners Transferred to Unknown Location
Five political prisoners sentenced to execution were transferred from the General Ward of Karoon Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location on Saturday, 9 June. A local source told the… ...
May 25, 2012
Deprivation of Medical Care Jeopardizes Political Prisoner’s Life
…May 2012, Ronaghi began a hunger strike to protest the denial of his medical furlough. Ronaghi suffers from kidney failure and has been routinely denied medical furlough since his incarceration…. ...
April 30, 2012
26 Days of Hunger Strike and Sewn Lips
…April to protest his “illegal exile from Minab Prison to Bandar Abbas Prison.” The source stated that Ali Moradi suffers from a heart condition and that authorities at the Central… ...
April 27, 2012
Supreme Court Unlawfully Confirms Kurdish Prisoner’s Execution
Shirkoo Moarefi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, has embarked on hunger strike to protest his ambiguous legal status in prison. Saeed Sheikhi, Moarefi’s lawyer, told the International Campaign… ...
April 26, 2012
Callous Border Security Guns Down 70 Couriers in Iran
The Iranian government should immediately investigate the numerous cases of border security forces killing couriers in the northwestern provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah, and hold accountable those responsible… ...