Labor Activist on Hunger Strike in Protest to Lack of Medical Treatment
Labor activist Reza Shahabi, who has been in prison since his 12 June 2010 arrest, embarked on a dry hunger strike on 22 November in protest of the Evin Prison… ...
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November 7, 2011
Ebrahim Yazdi Offers No Defense to Protest Lack of Jurisdiction in Revolutionary Court
Mehdi Nourbakhsh, son-in-law of Ebrahim Yazdi, the former Secretary General of the Iran Freedom Movement, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Ebrahim Yazdi did not offer… ...
October 21, 2011
My Son Is Refusing Medication, Says Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s Father
Imprisoned blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has stopped taking his medication in order to protest the prison authorities’ refusal to allow him to be hospitalized for his kidney and gallbladder problems…. ...
October 12, 2011
Mothers of Killed Protesters Seek UN Support to Find Their Children’s Murderers
Only two weeks before the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran is to present his report, two mothers of the post-election 2009 victims told the International… ...
September 26, 2011
Released Hikers Slam Iranian Government, Call for Release of All Iranian Prisoners of Conscience (Video)
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two American hikers who were released from Iranian prison, held a press conference in New York on 25 September 2011 upon their arrival in the… ...
September 23, 2011
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Disbarment Court Session Cancelled
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, said that the second court session reviewing her disbarment was cancelled. “My wife’s… ...
September 14, 2011
Hold Ahmadinejad Accountable for Iran’s Human Rights Crisis During UN Visit
(14 September 2011) Member states of the United Nations as well as the international media should focus on the ongoing human rights crisis in Iran as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad… ...
September 9, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 36
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: protesters clash with security forces in the Azerbaijan region of Iran; jailed student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarks on a hunger strike to protest his… ...
September 2, 2011
Student Activist in Solitary Confinement on Hunger Strike
To protest his conditions inside Babol’s Matikola Prison, imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarked on a hunger strike on 31 August. Zahabian’s father, Hassan Zahabian, told the International Campaign for… ...
August 30, 2011
Jailed Iranian Lawyer and Human Rights Defender: “The Justice System Is More Ruined Than Before”
…husband’s case. “Mr. Seifzadeh believes that he has not committed any crime, but the case must be brought to court so that he can officially protest it. As far as… ...
August 25, 2011
Imprisoned Political Activist’s Health Deteriorates in Prison
Ali Tabarzadi, son of prisoner of conscience Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran that his father’s health has deteriorated in prison, and that in the… ...
August 24, 2011
Lacking Independence, Bar Association Remains Silent as Lawyers are Prosecuted
(24 August 2011) The Iranian Central Bar Association should come to the aid of embattled lawyers subjected to harassment, unfounded criminal charges or prison sentences for defending prisoners of conscience… ...
August 10, 2011
Prison Visit With Sotoudeh Ends In Detention And Physical Abuse of Family
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, talked to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his five-hour detention along with his two children and… ...
August 4, 2011
Banned Student Rejects Charges For Interviewing and Showing the ‘V’ Sign
…1 August. “A few days ago, they called me to let me know that the upcoming trial session would be regarding the 14 July 2008 protest case against me, for… ...
July 26, 2011
Journalist Mohammad Davari’s Health Deteriorates in Prison and Family Remains Unable to Visit Him
Mohammad Davari, journalist and editor-in-chief of Saham News’ website, has been sentenced to an additional year in prison all while suffering for months with severe depression in Evin Prison. The… ...
July 26, 2011
Statement by Women’s Rights Activists in Protest of the Escalation of Violence Against Women in Iran
…Rights in Iran, protests to the “systematic violence against women,” “constant insults and humiliation,” and “the blaming of victims for acts of sexual violence against them” by government authorities, and… ...
July 25, 2011
Part II: In Their Own Words
This section features the extended comments and biographies of the 35 individuals interviewed for this report. Their views on the ramifications of a military strike against Iran are shaped by… ...
July 12, 2011
Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s Son: ‘My Father Says Furlough is Impossible’
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s son, Hossein Tabarzadi, told the Campaign that his father is in poor condition and… ...
July 8, 2011
Pressure on Sotoudeh Continues: In-Person Visits With Children Prevented
Evin Prison authorities have once again prevented imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh from visiting her children in person in order to put pressure on her for forced confessions. In… ...
July 4, 2011
Prominent Lawyer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison & Ten Year Ban on Legal Practice
Lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, co-founder and spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), was sentenced by Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court on 3 July, to nine… ...
June 28, 2011
Prisoners Declare End of Hunger Strike
On 26 June 2011, twelve prisoners of conscience declared an end to their nine-day long hunger strike. The prisoners started a hunger strike on 18 June to protest rampant impunity… ...
June 24, 2011
Death in Prison: No One Held Accountable
Since 2003, 17 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience have died while in custody in Iranian prisons allegedly due to torture, medical neglect, and misconduct of prison authorities. Six of… ...
June 24, 2011
Lives of Hunger Strikers in Peril
(24 June 2011) Iran’s pattern of prison abuse and neglect demonstrates that the lives of prisoners of conscience are at risk, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said… ...
June 20, 2011
Authorities Responsible for the Lives of Prisoners on Hunger Strike
…and hold the responsible persons accountable, the Campaign added. Since 18 June 2011, twelve prominent prisoners of conscience have joined a hunger strike protesting the recent deaths of Saber and… ...
June 20, 2011
Prisoners of Conscience Who Died in Custody
1. Zahra Kazemi – 10 July 2003 2. Akbar Mohammadi – 30 July 2003 3. Mohammad Rajabi Sani – October 2004 4. Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi – 6 September 2006 5…. ...