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The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to protect and promote human rights in Iran. Headquartered in New York, CHRI is comprised… ...
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December 12, 2008
Release Baha’is Detained in Mazandaran
(12 December 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concern today about the recent detentions of three Baha’is in the province of Mazandaran and called on… ...
December 5, 2008
Allow Peaceful Celebrations of National Student Day
(5 December 2008) Despite three years of persecution and prosecution and increasing threats from official organs against university students, the voices of Iranian students promoting academic freedom on university campuses… ...
November 26, 2008
Students Deserve Right to Education not Detention
(26 November 2008) The health and safety of four students detained after staging a sit-in protest against their suspension from Alameh Tabataba’i University are at risk, according to the International… ...
November 5, 2008
13 Organizations Express Concern for Women’s Rights Activists
We, the undersigned international women’s and human rights organizations, submit this letter to express our deep concern regarding the increasing harassment of women human rights defenders in Iran…. ...
November 3, 2008
Abbas Lisani
Abbas Lisani (39) is an Azerbaijani activist from the city of Ardebil. He is serving multiple prison sentences following prosecutions for his peaceful activities promoting respect for the cultural and… ...
November 3, 2008
Zaynab Bayazidi
Zaynab Bayazidi (26) is a computer science graduate who was arrested on 9 July 2008 after appearing for an interview with the Intelligence Office in Mehabad on 7 July 2008…. ...
November 3, 2008
Tayeb Ebrahimizadeh
…linguistic rights of the Azerbaijani ethnic minority. Security forces temporarily detained Ebrahimzadeh on September 23, 2006, during a peaceful protest demanding the right to teach Azeri language in primary schools…. ...
November 3, 2008
Mohsen Hosseinzadeh
…linguistic rights of the Azeri ethnic minority. Security forces temporarily detained Hosseinzadeh on September 23, 2006, during a peaceful protest demanding the right to teach Azeri language in primary schools…. ...
October 16, 2008
Imprisoned Journalist on Hunger Strike
…health and safety of imprisoned journalist Mohammad Hasan Falahiezadeh. He has been on hunger strike since 5 October to protest the failure to honor his basic rights as a prisoner…. ...
June 16, 2008
Former Student Detainees Terrorized by their Interrogators
(16 June 2008) Security and intelligence agents are regularly contacting and terrorizing nine former student detainees with threats of prosecution under the charge of apostasy that can result in execution… ...
June 10, 2008
Support of Iranian Women on the Anniversary of 12 June 2006 Demonstration
(10 June, 2008) We, the undersigned, representing international women’s and human rights organizations, express our solidarity with Iranian women, on 12 June 2008. This is the day identified by women’s… ...
May 29, 2008
Fatal Workplace Fire Highlights Need for Independent Workers Unions
(29 May 2008) Security forces and riot police attacked a peaceful gathering of thousands of workers from the Haft-Tapeh Sugar factory in the southern Iranian city of Shush on 26… ...
May 16, 2008
Entire Baha’i Leadership in Iran Detained Without Charge
(16 May 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is calling on Iranian judicial authorities to account, in terms of Iranian and international law, for the detention on… ...
May 7, 2008
An Appeal to the EU to Act, As Human Rights Deteriorate in Iran
(Brussels, 7 May 2008) The European Union (EU) should deny visas to Iranian officials who have participated in grave human rights abuses and freeze bank assets held in the EU,… ...
April 7, 2008
Mahmoud Salehi
(April 7, 2008) Mahmoud Salehi completed his one-year prison sentence on March 23, 2008. However, local judiciary officials refused to release him and instead brought new charges against him relating… ...
April 7, 2008
Judge Refuses to Release Imprisoned Labor Activist Who Completed His Sentence
(21 March 2008) Iranian Judiciary officials are refusing to free Mahmoud Salehi, an imprisoned union leader, who is due to complete his sentence on March 23, 2008. A prosecutor has… ...
March 15, 2008
Police Attack Shiraz University Seminar after Days of Student Protests
UPDATE: (15 March 2008) On March 11, Iranian authorities released four students detained on the previous Sunday during the violent police attack. The detainees were held at the Intelligence Ministry’s… ...
March 11, 2008
Jalil Ghaniloo
(28 February 2008) Jalil Ghaniloo (30), arrested by intelligence agents on May 26, 2007 in Zanjan, is a freelance journalist and political activist. He is being held without charge. Authorities… ...
February 29, 2008
New Wave of Detentions, Summons, and Trials Targets Women’s Rights Activists
(29 February 2008) The Iranian government has intensified its prosecution of women’s rights activists. During the past week, two activists were detained, two summoned to court, and two others put… ...