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… ...
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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… ...
February 8, 2010
Shirin Ebadi: Politics Rule the Iranian Judiciary
The 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, was interviewed by the Campaign regarding Iran’s Judiciary…. ...
January 30, 2010
Pressure on Tahkim-e Vahdat or Systematic Limitation of Civil Organizations?
Several student activists from Dafter-e Tahkim-e Vahdat (DTV) have told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past several weeks, security forces have warned them that… ...
January 14, 2010
Shirin Ebadi’s Sister Released After 17 Days
Shirin Ebadi’s sister has been released after 17 days in detention. Dr. Nooshin Ebadi, sister of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, who was arrested by security authorities on 28 December… ...
January 13, 2010
Ebadi on Baha’is
Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today that if the Iranian judiciary were to issue a verdict… ...
January 6, 2010
Authorities Attempt to Crush Remaining Active Human Rights NGOs
(6 January 2009) Islamic Republic authorities are attempting to shut down the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, one of the few human rights organizations still active in the country, and… ...
January 5, 2010
Widespread Arrests of Women’s Rights Activists, Female Journalists and Relatives
(5 January 2010) Numerous women’s rights campaigners, female journalists and relatives are being arrested and persecuted as authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran attempt to repress masses of Iranians… ...
December 29, 2009
Release Emadeddin Baghi and All Arbitrarily Arrested
…Ebadi, Dr. Nooshin Ebadi. Baghi, one of the top human rights defenders in Iran who has received numerous international recognitions including the Martin Ennals Award in 2009, suffers from heart… ...
September 20, 2009
Campaign Report on Human Rights in Iran since 12 June 2009 – Accelerating Slide into Dictatorship
Human rights in Iran have deteriorated precipitously for over four years, since the onset of the administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But since the disputed presidential election on 12 June… ...
July 20, 2009
Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureates, Iranian Poets and Artists Support July 25th Global Day of Action
…freedom fighters who stand for the democratic institutions of that country. Done this way, the sapling of democracy will bear the flower of freedom.” Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights activist,… ...
July 8, 2009
Widespread Arbitrary Arrests and Disappearances Continue
Prominent human rights lawyer among new detainees Arrests by unidentified agents, detentions in undisclosed locations (8 July 2009) While Iranian authorities have issued statements about the release of some of… ...
June 25, 2009
Threats Against Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi Must Be Condemned
…Elham, to prosecute Iranian Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi for allegedly violating Islamic and constitutional law through her human rights advocacy, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today…. ...
June 17, 2009
Mass Arrests and Detentions Signal Increasing Repression
(17 June 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today that several dozen notable figures including Saeed Hajjarian, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Behzad Nabavi, and Abdolfattah Soltani were… ...
June 16, 2009
Live Twitter Updates from Iran
Videos and Pictures ———————- *Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample – this information has not been independently verified… ...
May 20, 2009
Iranian Rights Defender Receives Martin Ennals Award
(21 May 2009) – The decision to present the prestigious Martin Ennals Award this year to Emad Baghi for his work on prisoners’ rights and efforts to end the death… ...
May 14, 2009
Baha’i Leaders Remain Unjustly Detained After One Year
(14 May 2009) Seven Baha’i leaders detained in Evin prison, Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm, should be immediately and unconditionally… ...
May 11, 2009
Human Rights Defenders Prevented from Leaving Iran; Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested
(11 May 2009) The Iranian government is continuing to expand its repression of women’s rights activists ahead of the 12 June presidential elections, with a new wave of travel bans,… ...
May 6, 2009
Roxana Saberi’s Appeal Process Should be Transparent
…to allow representatives of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), a group led by Nobel Peace Laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi to observe the trial, which will… ...
April 16, 2009
Persecution of Women’s Rights Campaigners Intensifies
(16 April 2009) A new report by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran documents that the persecution of women’s rights advocates has intensified in the past year. For… ...
April 16, 2009
Report on the Status of Women Human Rights Defenders — April 2009
…have been increasingly targeted. Since our last report, the most prominent human rights defender, Shirin Ebadi, has come under fire; a prison sentence of a woman’s rights activist has been… ...
April 6, 2009
Women’s Rights Activists Remain in Prison without Justification
(6 April 2009) Two women’s rights activists, imprisoned since 26 March 2009 after being arrested on the street as they embarked on making New Year visits, are being held without… ...
February 17, 2009
Baha’i Community in Peril
(17 February 2009) Attacks on the Baha’i community in Iran have reached alarming levels, including semi-official calls for its “utter destruction,” the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said… ...
February 10, 2009
Four Journalists Sentenced to Prison, Floggings
(10 February 2009) The sentencing of four Tehran bloggers by Iran’s Judiciary Court on February 3, 2009, to prison terms, fines and flogging, despite the head of the judiciary’s admission… ...