A Hunger Strike For Hashem Khastar
A human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that on 12 May several members of Mashad teachers’ unions went on a hunger strike to protest… ...
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May 1, 2010
Islamic Republic of Iran Elected to Commission on the Status of Women
Iran’s election came at a time when many women’s rights activists and their international supporters issued a protest statement addressed to ECOSOC. They called the news of Iran’s candidacy confirmation… ...
April 30, 2010
Two More Baseless Death Sentences Rubber Stamped by Appeals Court
(30 April 2010) The hasty and secretive confirmation of execution sentences for post-election protestors by Iranian appeals courts is a flagrant violation of international standards of due process and justice,… ...
April 30, 2010
Eftekhar Barzegarian’s Trial on May 2nd
…any of the post-elections protest gatherings. The source added that Barzegarian’s interrogators and judicial authorities have not produced any evidence in support of his participation in the gatherings, and that… ...
April 30, 2010
Clampdown on Teachers and Labor Activists
(30 April 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today urged Iranian authorities to respect the rights of trade union activists and teachers to participate in International Workers… ...
April 26, 2010
End the Executions – Video
…to raise awareness for the execution sentence of Mohammad Amin Valian, a 20 year old student sentenced to death for throwing stones during a protest. Watch this video on Youtube… ...
April 23, 2010
Letter of Shirin Ebadi to UN General Assembly Members
To read letter in Persian click here Open Letter to Members of the UN General Assembly By Dr Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Advocate and 2003 Nobel Laureate 20 April 2010… ...
April 22, 2010
A Move That Makes a Mockery of Human Rights
…peaceful protest against widespread election fraud. Government forces and militia opened fire on orders from the Supreme Leader. Some 70 protesters died, including some under torture, thousands were detained, and… ...
April 20, 2010
Family Unfairly Sentenced to Death
…continuing program of punishing post-election protestors and intimidating the population, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. These five cases, together with that of Abdolreza Ghanbari, also… ...
April 20, 2010
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Stopping Iran’s Human Rights Abuses Counterpunch December 19, 2013 As stated by Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “President Rouhani has a mandate… ...
April 14, 2010
Illegal Arrest, Prison Abuse, And Unfair Trial– Latest News on Heshmatollah Tabarzadi from His Lawyer
Four months after his arrest, political activist Heshmatollah Tabarzadi remains in solitary confinement cells of Ward 209 of Evin Prison. According to his lawyer, his initial court which met for… ...
April 9, 2010
Intelligence Agents Pressure Judiciary for Harsh Sentences
(10 April 2010) The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is manipulating the judicial process by forcing the issuance of harsh and long sentences for activists regardless of the lack of credible evidence… ...
April 4, 2010
Illegal suspension rulings for Babol University students
Student sources told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following a March gathering to protest the sentences of Babol’s Noshirvani Industrial University students and to send off fellow… ...
March 30, 2010
Women Prisoners: Maryam Zia Released, Eghdamdoust Gets New Case
Women’s and children’s rights activist Maryam Zia was released after three months in prison, after going on a hunger strike and being taken to the prison hospital. Zia’s sister confirmed… ...
March 27, 2010
Maryam Zia’s sister: My sister has been on a hunger strike
Maryam Zia has begun a hunger strike to protest her illegal imprisonment. A a women’s and children’s rights activist and the Director of the Struggle for a World Deserving of… ...
March 22, 2010
45 Iranian Artists Demand Release of Filmmakers: Is Ill-Treatment, Coercion, and Imprisonment the Only Way?
…protest violations of social, professional, and citizen’s rights for all at this time and into the future, and demand the unconditional release of Mohammad Nourizad and Jafar Panahi and all… ...
March 13, 2010
Birjand University Student Activists Arrested Again
Four Birjand University student activists, Ali Sepandar, Behzad Parvin, Amin Ostadi, and Milad Garajian were arrested again last week for the second time since the Iranian elections. The students are… ...
March 12, 2010
Abbasgholizadeh: Suppression Has Changed Iranian Women’s Priorities
In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, women’s rights activist, researcher, and documentary filmmaker Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, analyzes the condition of the Iranian women’s movement and civil… ...
March 1, 2010
Six-Year Prison Sentences for Omid Montazeri and Hengameh Shahidi
Only a few days after being re-arrested, it was announced that Hengameh Shahidi’s six-year prison sentence has been upheld in an appeals court and she must prepare for serving her… ...
February 28, 2010
Pressure on Northern Iran Students Continues: 8 Prison Sentences Upheld
Student activists have informed International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that an appeals court has upheld the prison sentences for eight Babol Norshirvani University student activists. According to the… ...
February 27, 2010
Member of Ahmadinejad Entourage in New York is Suspect in Attack on a Young Woman
New York court has pressed charges against a man accompanying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his September 2009 trip to United Nation’s General Assembly in New York for assault in the second… ...
February 23, 2010
Defenders of Human Rights Center Warns the UN High Commissioner: Prevent Total Destruction of Iranian Civil Society
A prominent non-governmental organization dedicated to defense of Iranian political prisoners, Center of Defenders of Human Rights in Iran, whose members are some of the most distinguished attorneys in the… ...
February 23, 2010
Iran’s ‘Excruciating’ Human Rights Record – Council on Foreign Relations
“The government has lost all legitimacy and ‘Iranians will continue their protests.’”… ...
February 21, 2010
Eye witness provides details of December 30, 2009 attack on Mashad University
A student activist and eye witness has provided details to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the paramilitary forces’ attack on Mashad Azad Univesity students on December 30,… ...
February 17, 2010
Despite the trial session: Morteza Semyari’s continued detention in solitary confinement
Morteza Semyari, Central Council member of the Office to Foster Unity (Daftar-e Tahkim Vahdat), continues to remain imprisoned in solitary confinement in Ward 240 of Evin prison. One of the… ...