Weekly Rights Podcast 24
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the Pen American Center honors Nasrin Sotoudeh with their Freedom to Write award for her human rights work; Camp Ashraf in Iraq, home to… ...
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April 14, 2011
Nasrin Sotoudeh Withdraws Appeal Request After Being Told Prison Sentence Would Be Upheld
While lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was being awarded by the PEN American Center, her husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that… ...
April 13, 2011
Top PEN Prize to Honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jailed Iranian Lawyer, Writer, and Women’s Rights Advocate
New York City, April 13, 2011—PEN American Center today named Nasrin Sotoudeh, a writer, lawyer, and leader of the women’s and children’s rights movement in Iran, as the recipient of… ...
April 7, 2011
Report of UN Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran at the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Report of the UN Secretary General – September 2010 Download PDF of this report United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council, Sixteenth session 28 March 2011 Document A/HRC/16/75 Annual report… ...
April 1, 2011
Campaign for the Release of Imprisoned Student Activist Bahareh Hedayat
A group of student, women, and human rights activists have formed a campaign in support of student activist Bahareh Hedayat, who is currently serving a nine and a half year… ...
March 17, 2011
Family Members of Prisoners Beaten Outside Evin Prison
A human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that dozens of family members of political prisoners who had gone to Evin Prison hoping to receive… ...
March 16, 2011
180 Activists Ask of Brazil’s President: Show The World You Object to Human Rights Violations in Iran
In a letter to Dilma Rousseff, the President of Brazil, 180 Iranian women’s rights activists asked her to show women in Iran and around the world, through any mode of… ...
March 8, 2011
“Sotoudeh Illegally Detained in Ward 209; She Should Be Released On Bail,” Says Husband
…Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist who was sentenced to 11 years in prison and 20 years’ ban on legal profession… ...
March 7, 2011
Tabarzadi Appeals Court Sentenced Him to 7 Years in Absence of His Three Imprisoned Lawyers
…father had no other lawyers to represent him. My father’s lawyers were Nasrin Sotoudeh, Mohammad Oliaifar, and Khalil Bahramin, all of whom are in prison now. We weren’t informed about… ...
March 4, 2011
Freedom of Expression and Association – Distortion & Disinformation
Despite Larijani’s assertions, authorities routinely suppress free speech, undermine press freedom, and punish public criticism of the government and high-ranking state officials. Dozens of newspapers and websites have been banned… ...
March 4, 2011
Arbitrary Detention of Government Critics – Distortion & Disinformation
Mass Post-Election Detainees Nobody is jailed because of the protest. The only reason for jailing is the violence which was attached with the protests, a violence which got the life… ...
March 4, 2011
Introduction – Distortion & Disinformation
Two years after the disputed presidential election of 2009, the human rights situation in Iran continues to deteriorate. The country has become enveloped in a profound human rights crisis marked… ...
February 23, 2011
Weekly Rights Podcast 23
This is the “Weekly Rights Podcast.” A review of major human rights issues by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. It’s February 23rd and this is our 23rd… ...
February 22, 2011
Ebadi: “The Murders on 14 February Were Carried Out by Government Forces”
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Shirin Ebadi, criticized the Iranian… ...
February 20, 2011
New Round of Pressure On Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, today told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran of disturbing developments in the human rights lawyer’s case. “Unfortunately, when… ...
February 6, 2011
Another Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced
Conviction of Khalil Bahramian the Latest in a “Purge” of Human Rights Lawyers (6 February 2011) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately halt the ongoing prosecution of prominent human rights lawyers,… ...
February 3, 2011
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Court Session Postponed Due to Her Absence In Protest
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Nasrin Sotoudeh’s trial, on charges of “lack of Islamic hejab,” was not held today. Sotoudeh, a prominent… ...
January 22, 2011
Irresponsible Statements And Threats–Can The Judiciary Head Act Above The Law?
The Head of the Iranian Judiciary criticized lawyers’ interviews with the media again and said that some lawyers “undermine the Islamic regime with their interviews.” This is the second time… ...
January 16, 2011
Pressure on Families of Prisoners of Conscience to Keep Quiet
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested after appearing at Evin Prison Courts today. An informed source close to Sotoudeh’s family told the International Campaign… ...
January 14, 2011
Leading Writers Association PEN International Condemns Sotoudeh’s Sentence and Calls for Action
On 13 January 2001, the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International condemned the eleven-year sentence of human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh issued by an Iranian court on 9 January… ...
January 14, 2011
Sotoudeh’s Husband Says She Is Deprived From Legal Career For Life
…20-year ban on Sotoudeh’s legal activities will commence when her prison term ends. Therefore, considering Sotoudeh is in her late 40s, if the sentence is upheld by the appeals court… ...
January 9, 2011
Top Iranian Lawyer Unjustly Sentenced to 11 years in Prison
(9 January 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called the 11-year prison sentence of leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh a “gross miscarriage of justice” and said… ...
January 9, 2011
Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls Verdict “Strange and Unfair”
…today. Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the ruling. “According to this ruling, which is very strange and unfair, Ms. Sotoudeh… ...
January 9, 2011
Federation of Social Justice Lawyers Calls for the Release of Iranian Human Rights Defenders
The National Lawyers Guild, on 3 January 2011, issued a letter (LINK: http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/national-lawyers-guild-urges-the-release-of-human-rights-defenders-in-iran/) calling for the release of human rights defenders facing arrest and prosecution inside Iran, including Nasrin Sotoudeh,… ...
January 9, 2011
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Summoned to Evin Prison Court
Reza Khandan, husband of prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was summoned to Branch One of… ...