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February 22, 2011
Ebadi: “The Murders on 14 February Were Carried Out by Government Forces”
…the point where their neighbors file complaints about the actions [of the demonstrators] which keep them from resting, but when students want to demonstrate, it is considered illegal?” Ebadi said…. ...
February 19, 2011
More Than 200 Arrested In Mashad; Fate Of Five Student Activists Unknown
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that in addition to arrests of hundreds of people during the 14 February demonstrations in Tehran, more than… ...
February 18, 2011
Unprecedented Pressure On Slain Protester’s Family–Brother Arrested
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on condition of anonymity that news about the arrest of Ghane Jaleh, brother of slain Iranian protester, Sane… ...
February 18, 2011
Arts University Students Will Hold Vigil And Protest On Saturday
…of anonymity that last night four Arts University students who had been arrested earlier yesterday were released, but that there is no news yet about all the other students arrested…. ...
February 16, 2011
Members of the Basij Organization and Security Forces Suppressed Funeral for Art Student Killed in Protests
On 16 February 2011, members of the Basij Organization and Iranian security forces thwarted a funeral procession and memorial service university students in Tehran had planned to commemorate Sane Jaleh…. ...
February 15, 2011
Peaceful Protests End With Two Killed, 150 Arrested, And Dozens Injured
According to news published by official organizations, at least two protesters were killed and 150 others were arrested during the 14 February demonstrations. The first protester to lose his life… ...
February 15, 2011
“I Vehemently Deny His Being A Basiji,” says Sane Jaleh’s Close Friend
Reza Sajadi, Secretary of Tehran Arts University’s Islamic Association, and a close friend of Sane Jaleh, a victim of the14 February demonstrations, told the International Campaigns for Human Rights in… ...
February 15, 2011
The Truth About Sane Jaleh’s Murder — Student Protester Was Killed By Direct Shot
While Iranian government media claimed that Sane Jaleh, one of those killed during protests on 14 February in Tehran, was a member of the Basij paramilitary forces, a member of… ...
January 31, 2011
Family of Prisoner of Conscience, Majid Dorri, Summoned to Intelligence Office
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that father of Majid Dorri, a student who was banned from education, was called on the phone and… ...
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 10, 2011
Degrading Treatment Of Zia Nabavi And His Family During Prison Visit
A human rights activist close to Zia Nabavi, a prisoner of conscience, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that prison authorities at Karoun Prison in Ahvaz stopped… ...
January 8, 2011
Student Activist’s Brother Interrogated and His Home Vandalized
An informed source close to family of student activist and prisoner of conscience, Majid Tavakoli, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Tavakoli’s brother was released several… ...
January 6, 2011
Student Mistreatment And Gender Segregation At Mashad’s Ferdowsi University
…Ferdowsi University’s Department of Engineering, in addition to the increased restrictions forced on students, unprecedented gender segregation has been imposed on more than 49 general and laboratory courses. The disciplinary… ...
December 31, 2010
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December 29, 2010
Student Activist Faces New Charges in Prison
Student activist Mahdieh Golroo’s husband told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Golroo, arrested in December 2009 and currently at Evin Prison, has been informed of new… ...
December 20, 2010
Jafar Panahi Sentenced To Six Years In Prison, Banned From Making Films For 20 Years
According to a Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), film director Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison and 20 years’ ban from making films, writing any type of… ...
December 17, 2010
Nobel Laureate to Stage Sit-in in Defense of Detained Colleague
(17 December 2010) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi announced a sit-in in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today to demand the… ...
December 4, 2010
Seyed Ziaoddin (Zia) Nabavi
Seyed Ziaoddin (Zia) Nabavi, a Chemical Engineering student, enrolled in Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in 2002. Between 2003 and 2007, with direct student votes, Nabavi was elected a member… ...
December 4, 2010
Barring Students from Higher Education on Political and Religious Grounds
(4 December 2010) The Iranian government should immediately end its policy of depriving university students of higher education based on their political or religious beliefs, and respect their freedom of… ...
December 4, 2010
Punishing Stars: Systematic Discrimination and Exclusion in Iranian Higher Education
The Campaign has interviewed 27 students and conducted source research in this comprehensive report on systematic discrimination and exclusion from higher education in Iran. The report includes a list of… ...
December 4, 2010
Violations of International Law
Next Section: Recommendations Human Rights Treaty Obligations Iran ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 1975 and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights… ...
December 4, 2010
List of 217 Students Barred from Higher Education from 2005 to November 2010
Back to table of contents This is a partial list of students deprived of higher education in the past six years. The true numbers are believed to be much higher…. ...
December 4, 2010
Recommendations
Next Section: List of 217 Barred and Expelled Students Back to table of contents To the Government of Iran: • Ensure students and university applicants can exercise their right to… ...
December 4, 2010
Executive Summary
Back to table of contents The Admissions Process and Systematic Banning of Students The Role of Disciplinary Committees In Their Own Words: Testimonies of Banned Students From Denial to Acknowledgment… ...