Kurdish Filmmaker’s Appeal Request Accepted; Colleagues Voice Support
Documentary filmmaker Keyvan Karimi’s request for an appeal against a six-year prison sentence for “insulting the sacred” has been accepted, a ...
Tag : artistic freedom
December 2, 2015
Tehran Symphony Orchestra Leaves Stage rather than Bow to Demand to Ban Female Members
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra cancelled a performance that had been planned for the closing ceremony of an international wrestling event on November 29, 2015, after ...
December 1, 2015
Rouhani Administration Continues Ban on Popular Musician
Hossein Zaman Singer-songwriter Hossein Zaman, who has been banned from performing for nearly ten years and lost his ...
November 16, 2015
Prominent Cartoonist Hadi Heidari Arrested
Hadi Heidari’s last cartoon was related to the ...
October 19, 2015
Kurdish Filmmaker’s Six-Year Prison Sentence and 223 Lashes Illegal, Says Lawyer
Keywan Karimi The harsh judgment against filmmaker Keywan Karimi for “insulting the sacred” and “illegitimate relations” is baseless and ...
October 14, 2015
Two Poets Sentenced to Flogging and Nine and Eleven Years in Prison
Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Moosavi Forced Confessions Used as Primary Evidence in Convictions October 14, 2015—A Tehran ...
October 12, 2015
Imprisoned TV Producer Suffering from Untreated Shingles Disorder
Mostafa Azizi, Television Writer and Producer Another Case of Denial of Adequate Medical Care for ...
September 18, 2015
Artist Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Staff Verbal Abuse
Atena Faraghdani, Artist and Civil Activist The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani, behind ...
August 24, 2015
Imprisoned Cartoonist Grateful for International Courage Award
Atena Faraghdani Jailed artist Atena Faraghdani has expressed gratitude upon hearing she was awarded the 2015 Courage in Cartooning Award ...
August 17, 2015
Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration, 14 Movies Now Forbidden
Banning of Films Continues under Rouhani Administration Despite repeated statements made by President Rouhani ...
April 9, 2012
Podcast 48: Underground Rock in Iran with Arash Sobhani, Pooya Hosseini, and Arash Farazman
For most of us, listening to any music that we want is just a way of life. But in Iran, musicians face censorship and Iranians cannot listen to anything they want. In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast, we talk to Arash Sobhani of Kiosk and ...