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March 1, 2011

Eyewitness: 14 to 16 Year Old Security Forces with BB Guns

An eyewitness who participated in the 1 March protests in Tehran shared details about his experience with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. He reported the presence of… ...

February 23, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 23

…weekly podcast: The government of Iran has once again denied its people permission to protest peacefully, even as its leadership continues to praise similar protests across the Arab world. On… ...

February 23, 2011

EU Should Blacklist Human Rights Violators

(24 February 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed the addition of two Iranian officials by the United States government today to its list of human rights… ...

February 18, 2011

Arts University Students Will Hold Vigil And Protest On Saturday

A Tehran Arts University and a friend of slain protester Sane Jaleh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on condition of anonymity that last night four Arts… ...

February 15, 2011

The Truth About Sane Jaleh’s Murder — Student Protester Was Killed By Direct Shot

While Iranian government media claimed that Sane Jaleh, one of those killed during protests on 14 February in Tehran, was a member of the Basij paramilitary forces, a member of… ...

February 14, 2011

An Eyewitness Account of Demonstrators Ambushed By Plainclothes Forces, Teargas, And Shots Fired In Tehran

A journalist who was an eye witness among the protestors today, sent the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran his observations of violence unleashed by forces, use of teargas,… ...

February 10, 2011

Egyptian Activist’s Message to Iranians: Learn From Egyptians, And We Learned From You

…and interviews. As the peaceful protests after the disputed 2009 presidential election in Iran were named the “Green Movement,” Ghonim’s green wristband has become a source of interest for Iranians…. ...

February 8, 2011

Taxi Drivers Strike to Protest Low Fares in Babol

Hundreds taxi drivers in the Northern city of Babol went on strike yesterday, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran learned today. The strike began at 9:00 a.m. in… ...

February 3, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Court Session Postponed Due to Her Absence In Protest

…she must get ready to go to her trial in a few minutes. Protesting her treatment and lack of knowledge about her trial session, Sotoudeh refused to attend the session…. ...

January 26, 2011

Daughter of Iranian-Dutch Prisoner on Death Row Pleads For Help

Zahra Bahrami In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, daughter of imprisoned Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami who is facing the death sentence on charges of… ...

January 11, 2011

Latest News About Prisoner of Conscience Mohammad Nourizad

Fatemeh Maleki, wife of prisoner of conscience Mohammad Nourizad, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her first in-person visit with her husband after a two-month… ...

January 11, 2011

Tabriz Political Prisoners Threatened After Hunger Strike

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that two political prisoners from the province of Azerbaijan, Dr. Latif Hassani and Ayat Mehrali Beigloo are under… ...

January 9, 2011

Top Iranian Lawyer Unjustly Sentenced to 11 years in Prison

(9 January 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called the 11-year prison sentence of leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh a “gross miscarriage of justice” and said… ...

January 9, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls Verdict “Strange and Unfair”

After two trial sessions in Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court with Judge Pirabbasi presiding, lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh’s sentence was served to one of her lawyers… ...

January 9, 2011

Federation of Social Justice Lawyers Calls for the Release of Iranian Human Rights Defenders

The National Lawyers Guild, on 3 January 2011, issued a letter (LINK: http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/national-lawyers-guild-urges-the-release-of-human-rights-defenders-in-iran/) calling for the release of human rights defenders facing arrest and prosecution inside Iran, including Nasrin Sotoudeh,… ...

January 9, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Summoned to Evin Prison Court

Reza Khandan, husband of prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was summoned to Branch One of… ...

December 31, 2010

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December 20, 2010

Ebadi: “Javad Larijani Does Not Understand Human Rights And Cannot Fill This Position”

Shirin Ebadi and six other women’s rights activists will hold a sit-in in front of the United Nations in Geneva to protest the dangerous situation of Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the… ...

December 20, 2010

Authorities Refuse Furlough For Student Activist After Eight Months In Prison

Amin Ahmadian, husband of student activist and prisoner of conscience Bahareh Hedayat told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has not been allowed to have in-person… ...

December 17, 2010

Joint Letter Announcing Protest in Support of Nasrin Sotoudeh

The life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer and women rights activist, is in danger. Nasrin was arrested by Iranian authorities on 4th September 2010 for her activity… ...

December 13, 2010

Blindfolds and Handcuffs for Sotoudeh During Visitation

…Sotoudeh was not brought to the visiting hour last Thursday for unclear reasons. Sotoudeh went on a dry hunger strike for the third time last week to protest her condition…. ...

December 4, 2010

List of 217 Students Barred from Higher Education from 2005 to November 2010

Back to table of contents This is a partial list of students deprived of higher education in the past six years. The true numbers are believed to be much higher…. ...

December 3, 2010

Background of Starred Student Controversy

Next Section: Regulatory Framework for Denial of Education Back to table of contents Starring Gains Public Exposure In September 2006, a year after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election as President, a public… ...

November 23, 2010

UN human rights chief concerned by Iranian crackdown on human rights defenders

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed renewed concern for the fate of human rights defenders in Iran, particularly Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh who… ...

November 12, 2010

Family Members Describe Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Dire Physical Condition While on Hunger Strike

After visiting his wife Nasrin Sotoudeh for the first on Thursday, Reza Khandan described her as unimaginably thin. Khandan said Sotoudeh ended her dry hunger strike on Tuesday and is… ...

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