Political Prisoner Behnam Mousivand’s Life is in Danger
Authorities in Iran Intentionally Deny Critical Medical Attention to Political Prisoners September 7, 2022 – A political prisoner’s precarious health situation is ...
Tag : Baktash Abtin
January 24, 2022
Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison
Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept Behind Bars with Continuous New Convictions January ...
January 11, 2022
Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death
The life of veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi is in danger as he continues to be unlawfully kept behind bars in Tehran’s Evin Prison despite state officials’ recommendations that he be released to receive treatment for serious health problems ...
January 8, 2022
Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran
Abtin, Jailed for Dissent, is Second Political Prisoner to Die in Iran in First Week of 2022 January 8, 2022 – The death ...
January 3, 2022
Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran
Baktash Abtin (left) and Adel Kianpour (right). Concerns Mount for Prisoners Under Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i COVID-19 in ...
September 29, 2021
Imprisoned Iranian Writers Among Countless Who’ve Been Jailed for Dissent
The Iranian government’s intolerance of dissent has resulted in systemic suppression of freedom of expression. To prevent the free flow of information and views, ...
October 7, 2020
Prominent Iranian Writers Sent to Prison for Peaceful Dissent
Six-year and Three-year Sentences Begin for Senior Iranian Writers Association Members Lawyer: “These sentences are without legal and judicial merit. They are only political ...
May 17, 2019
Harsh Prison Terms for Three Iranian Authors Who Dared to Criticize the State
Prominent Members of Iranian Writers Association Each Sentenced to Six Years Behind Bars May 17, 2019—In a glaring repudiation of freedom of expression and ...
May 3, 2019
Three Writers Tried in Iran on “National Security” Charges
The trial of three board members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) was held at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran on ...
January 29, 2019
Three Members of Iran’s Writers Association Charged With National Security Crimes for Opposing Censorship
Three senior members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) have been charged with national security crimes for ...
June 8, 2018
Iranian Poet Sentenced and Fined For Posting Photo of Man Injured by Police
Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been sentenced and fined in Iran for posting a photo to ...
January 23, 2017
Prominent Poet Charged With Spreading ‘Propaganda’ After Posting Photo of Beaten Colleague
Well-known Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has been charged with “propaganda against the state” following his arrest ...
May 6, 2015
Eminent Iranian Poet and Filmmaker Repeatedly Interrogated by Intelligence Ministry
Baktash Abtin’s Case Expected to be Sent to Court Iran's Intelligence Ministry has repeatedly summoned and interrogated the well-known Iranian poet, documentary filmmaker, and member of ...