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March 12, 2012

Special Rapporteur Receives Widespread Support in Human Rights Council

Iranian Delegate Responds Angrily Without Addressing Report’s Content Head of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani delivers his opening statements at today’s Human Rights Council (Reporting… ...

March 2, 2012

Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand in Critical Condition, Denied Basic Prisoner Rights

Imprisoned Kurdish activist Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand is in critical condition after embarking on a hunger strike over two weeks ago, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in… ...

February 26, 2012

Iranian Lawyers Need Independence

Today marks the 58th anniversary of the Iranian Bar Association’s independence. In February 1954, after a tireless campaign by some prominent lawyers, Iran’s legislators passed a law recognizing the independence… ...

December 31, 2011

Media – 2011

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December 23, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh

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December 17, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, Norwegians Support Sotoudeh

…outside of the location Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo, demanding the freedom of political prisoners such as Nasrin Sotoudeh. The demonstrators lit candles and carried banners, expressing their… ...

December 12, 2011

Le Monde Reports on the Free Sotoudeh Project

Coverage of the Campaign’s Free Sotoudeh Project in France…. ...

December 10, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh

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December 5, 2011

Launch of Free Sotoudeh Project

…release of a brand new four-minute video entitled “Free Sotoudeh Now.” In the video, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi and others describe Sotoudeh’s steadfast commitment to her work, her… ...

December 2, 2011

Your message was sent – Thank you for taking action!

…Sotoudeh can be freed as soon as possible. Please support this effort by donating. Proceeds will go to the sole purpose of promoting the Free Sotoudeh Video and letter-writing campaign… ...

December 1, 2011

Video: Free Nasrin Sotoudeh

Free Nasrin Sotoudeh Project: https://iranhumanrights.org/nasrin-sotoudeh/ Join the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in calling for the release of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is in prison for simply defending… ...

November 21, 2011

UN Resolution Ramps Up Cross-Regional International Pressure on Iran’s Human Rights Crisis

(21 November 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomed the resolution concerning Iran’s grave human rights violations, adopted today by the Third Committee of the United Nations… ...

November 16, 2011

Iranian Official at the UN Hurls Baseless Accusations at Top Lawyer and Opposition Leaders

(16 November 2011) Iranian authorities should stop misrepresenting their human rights record in order to deflect international criticism and justify widely reported illegal detentions, said the International Campaign for Human… ...

October 24, 2011

Sotoudeh Banned From Visiting Family for Refusing to Wear Chador

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been banned from having visitations with her family for three weeks. Expressing surprise over the punishment, her husband, Reza Khandan, told the… ...

October 18, 2011

UN Human Rights Committee Grills Iran on Treaty Violations

Iranian Delegation Pushes Back Without Substance Declares “Multiculturalism” Legitimates Violations The UN Human Rights Committee, the expert treaty body tasked with reviewing countries’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil… ...

October 11, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Summoned Again For Writing Letter to Prosecutor

Reza Khandan, husband of prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was summoned again to Evin Prison Court last week. Khandan told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that… ...

September 26, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 37

…Fattal are released from prison; seven documentary filmmakers are arrested and charged with espionage on behalf of BBC Persian; 17-year-old Alireza Molla-Soltani is executed; and Nasrin Sotoudeh’s most recent court… ...

September 23, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Disbarment Court Session Cancelled

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, said that the second court session reviewing her disbarment was cancelled. “My wife’s… ...

August 29, 2011

Dozens of Post-Election Political Prisoners Released; Is there a Chance for Hundreds More?

Last Saturday, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announced that on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 100… ...

August 24, 2011

Lacking Independence, Bar Association Remains Silent as Lawyers are Prosecuted

(24 August 2011) The Iranian Central Bar Association should come to the aid of embattled lawyers subjected to harassment, unfounded criminal charges or prison sentences for defending prisoners of conscience… ...

August 24, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests Family Abuse During Prison Visit

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, said that she refrained from attending her weekly… ...

August 17, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 34

…Mark Hamrick condemns journalist Kouhyar Goudarzi’s disappearance and his mother’s arrest; Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, talks about his and his family’s mistreatment when visiting his wife in prison;… ...

August 10, 2011

Prison Visit With Sotoudeh Ends In Detention And Physical Abuse of Family

Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, talked to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his five-hour detention along with his two children and… ...

July 18, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 30

…Majd is suffering from digestive problems while in prison; Evin Prison officials have once again denied Nasrin Sotoudeh the right to see her children; and Protestant Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s… ...

July 8, 2011

Pressure on Sotoudeh Continues: In-Person Visits With Children Prevented

Evin Prison authorities have once again prevented imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh from visiting her children in person in order to put pressure on her for forced confessions. In… ...

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