Joint Statement: Civil Society Groups Call on Iran to Overturn Disbandment of Prominent Charity
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Tag : Conservationists
April 23, 2020
COVID-19 Poses Extreme Danger to Arbitrarily Jailed Conservationists, Dual Nationals
Infected Wildlife Conservationist Sam Rajabi Refused Hospitalization, Cellmates Untested American Citizen Siamak Namazi Held in Same “Cell and Bunk Bed Row” as Rajabi Prisoners ...
March 5, 2020
Families Urge Judiciary Chief to Include Jailed Conservationists In Mass Prisoner Release
56,000 Temporarily Freed from Iran's Overcrowded Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak The families of eight conservationists imprisoned in Iran on trumped-up charges have called on Iranian Judiciary Chief ...
December 12, 2019
Jailed Under Lengthy Sentences, Iran’s Conservationists Suffer Ongoing Rights Violations
Detainees Punished for Complaining That They Were Forced to Make False Statements, Says Lawyer Iranian authorities are refusing to transfer imprisoned conservationist Sam Rajabi to the hospital to treat a serious medical condition, and are continuing to ...
October 14, 2019
Death Penalty-Carrying Charge Dropped Against Four Conservationists After Supreme Leader Intervened
The charge of “corruption on earth,” which can lead to the death penalty under Iranian law, has been dropped against four detained conservationists following ...
August 8, 2019
Detained Conservationists Niloufar Bayani and Sepideh Kashani on Hunger Strike
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July 2, 2019
Letter: Families Cite Seven Law Violations in Cases of Detained Wildlife Conservationists
Iran’s judiciary has violated at least seven laws in its handling of the cases of eight wildlife conservationists who’ve been detained ...
April 18, 2019
12 Conservationists Detained Without Counsel in Iran’s Kurdistan Province
Twelve of the 20 environmental conservationists arrested in Iran’s Kurdistan Province in January and February 2019 remain in detention centers run by the Islamic Revolutionary ...
March 5, 2019
UN Environment Calls on Iran to Guarantee “Fair, Transparent” Trial for Eight Conservationists
In a statement published March 5, 2019, the highest ranking agency in the United Nations on the environment has called on Iran to guarantee a fair, transparent and independent trial for eight conservationists detained there ...
February 27, 2019
Families Denied Access to Secretive Trial of Iran’s Detained Conservationists
International Outcry Against Rampant Denials of Due Process Detained conservationist Morad Tahbaz was summoned to two closed-door sessions February 24-25, 2019, in Tehran’s ...
February 25, 2019
26 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Free Conservationists
Twenty-six members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have urged Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to free eight conservationists who are currently ...
February 8, 2019
Family of Late Conservationist Kavous Seyed-Emami Petitions Iran to Respond to State TV Smears
Widow Remains Barred From Leaving Country Despite Expired Travel Ban One year after his father’s suspicious death in Tehran’s Evin Prison, ...
February 7, 2019
Mounting Evidence that Clears Eight Conservationists from Grave Charges, Judiciary Still Relies on Forced “Confessions”
Iran Must Guarantee Fair Trial in Upcoming Court Session on February 12 Year-long Detainment Continues while Judiciary Ignores Conclusions of Supreme National Security Council, Intelligence Ministry and Department of Environment February 7, 2019—In light of the ...
January 30, 2019
Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”
First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress January 30, 2019 – In their first trial session since being ...
January 24, 2019
Iran is Using False “Confessions” to Manufacture Cases Against Detained Conservationists
One Dead, Eight Others At Grave Risk for Harm Detainees, Jailed for 12 Months, Denied Counsel, Could Face Death Penalty January 24, 2019 – Some of the conservationists who have been imprisoned incommunicado in Iran for the ...