(20 May 2010) The continuing sentencing of activists to long prison terms by the Iranian Judiciary, in politically-motivated trials and based on unfounded charges, should be immediately halted and all… ...
Prominent Iranian film director, Jafar Panahi, has gone on a hunger strike since Sunday, 16 May 2010, to protest abuse and ill-treatment as well as continuous threats against his family… ...
…News Agency, also confirmed the names and the latest situation of eleven post-election protesters prosecuted on charges of Moharebeh [enmity towards God], which is punishable by death under Iranian law…. ...
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… ...
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… ...
(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,… ...
…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… ...
(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… ...
…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… ...
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… ...
…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… ...
…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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
(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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
…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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
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… ...
