Weekly Rights Podcast 11, Sept 17-23 2010
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran held a press conference in New York with panelists including Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Shirin Ebadi… ...
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September 21, 2010
Press Conference on the Human Rights Crisis in Iran
…held a panel discussion in New York on the human rights crisis in Iran. The panelists included Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire, Iran researcher at Human… ...
September 21, 2010
Ahmadinejad’s Media Blitz Unfolds as Young Activists Receive Harsh Sentences
While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has proclaimed Iran’s respect for human rights and freedoms during his current New York media blitz, several prominent young Iranian students, human rights defenders, and… ...
September 18, 2010
“Nasrin Sotoudeh Under Pressure to Confess Against Herself,” says Shirin Ebadi
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, criticized the increasing pressure on the Iranian human… ...
September 5, 2010
Release Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
(5 September 2010) The International Campaign for Human Right in Iran called for the immediate release of prominent human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested at Evin prison on… ...
September 1, 2010
Human Rights Lawyer Summoned: “Drop The Ebadi Case Or Face Problems!”
Following the mounting pressure on human rights activists and lawyers, Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer has been targeted by security officers. In an interview with the International Campaign for… ...
September 1, 2010
Arrests and Convictions of Rights Activists and Lawyers Escalate
…the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,” Aaron Rhodes, a Campaign spokesperson said. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, told the Campaign, “The Judiciary’s lack of independence is resulting in… ...
August 11, 2010
Iranian State TV Acts as an Arm of the Intelligence Apparatus
…Newsweek journalist who was detained last year. The IRIB has also aired defamatory programs against well–known political personalities and civil society activists, such as Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize… ...
August 10, 2010
Appeals Court Should Overturn Unjust Sentencing of Baha’i Leaders
(10 August 2010) Seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community, each of whom has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on security, espionage and other crimes, should be freed… ...
July 29, 2010
Shadi Sadr to Iran’s Bar Association: Do Not Keep Silent on State Kidnap and Revenge
Shadi Sadr, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, published the following open letter regarding the case of persecuted lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaee: Honourable Chair of Iran Bar Association, Honourable members of… ...
July 27, 2010
The “violation” of Abdolreza Tajik In Prison and the Judiciary’s Silence
Several weeks after the arrest of journalist Abdolreza Tajik and his family’s inability to find any information about him, Tajik’s sister said she met with him on Thursday, 15 July… ...
July 9, 2010
Possibility of Family Forgiveness for Mohammad Reza Haddadi after Ebadi Talks to Kin
Mohammad Reza Haddadi is in danger of imminent execution in Iran for a murder that took place when he was 15 years old. Following an interview with Haddadi’s father, the… ...
June 21, 2010
The Judiciary’s Questionable Silence about Abdolreza Tajik & Narges Mohammadi’s Arrests
…Narges Mohammadi and Abdolreza Tajik, both members of the DHRC, is directly related to the Iranian state television’s broadcast of a libelous program against Shirin Ebadi, head of the DHRC…. ...
June 14, 2010
Serial Arrests of Human Rights Defenders — Arrest of Tajik follows that of Mohammadi
…Iran to be arrested in the past 24 hours. Narges Mohammadi, another member of the DHRC, was arrested yesterday following the broadcast of a slanderous program to discredit Shirin Ebadi…. ...
June 12, 2010
Ebadi’s Daughter: “Dear Agent, What Are You Searching For?”
Following the defamation of Shirin Ebadi on Iranian State TV, by coercing her husband to make disparaging remarks about her, Ebadi’s daughter, Nargess Tavassolian, published this sarcastic letter, addressed to… ...
June 11, 2010
Nobel Laureate Defamed on Iranian TV, Colleague Arrested
(11 June 2010) An Iranian state television program defamed human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi in a heavily edited program on 10 June, and an associate and spokesperson… ...
May 19, 2010
Shirin Ebadi: Deterioration of Judiciary and the Need for UN Rapporteurs
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi called on the UN to send special rapporteurs to Iran to… ...
April 23, 2010
“Does Iran Deserve to be on the UN Human Rights Council?”
(23 April 2010) Prominent Iranian human rights defenders and other members of civil society are calling on United Nations member states to soundly reject the Iranian government’s bid to become… ...
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 21, 2010
Seven Members of the Defenders of Human Rights Center Banned From Traveling Abroad
…judicial authorities have told some members of the Center that when the 2003 Noble Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi who heads the organization returns to Iran, she too will be barred… ...
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 15, 2010
Former President’s Travel Ban Part of Systematic Effort to Contain Criticism
(15 April 2010) The Iranian government’s refusal to allow former president Mohammad Khatami to attend a conference in Hiroshima, Japan, is a violation of his freedom of movement and part… ...
March 16, 2010
Karroubi’s Home Vandalized by Plainclothes Forces Supported By The Government
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expresses its deep concern about an attack on the home of Mehdi Karroubi, which is a clear sign of the spread of… ...
March 11, 2010
Stop Anti-Sharia and Inhumane Execution Sentences!
In their second letter to Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Iranian Judiciary, the Defenders of Human Rights Center has objected strongly to the issuance and execution of death sentences, especially… ...
February 23, 2010
Defenders of Human Rights Center Warns the UN High Commissioner: Prevent Total Destruction of Iranian Civil Society
…country, has sent a letter to United Nation’s High Commission on Human Rights, asking her to interfere and prevent the destruction of Iranian civil society. Shirin Ebadi, head of the… ...