July 4, 2011

Prominent Lawyer Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison & Ten Year Ban on Legal Practice

Lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, co-founder and spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), was sentenced by Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court on 3 July, to nine years in prison, a ten year ban from teaching in universities, a ten year ban ...

May 6, 2009

Roxana Saberi’s Appeal Process Should be Transparent

(6 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran expressed serious concerns regarding the secrecy and continued lack of transparency surrounding the prosecution of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, and asked the Iranian Judiciary to adhere to international standards of due process and allow ...

February 6, 2009

Jinous Sobhani

is a former secretary at the DHRC and the ODMV and was arrested on 14 January 2009. She is being held incommunicado at Evin Prison. ...

January 15, 2009

Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission Response to ANNI Letter

Response of the Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission to a letter written by ANNI expressing concern over the shutting down of the Defenders of Human Rights Center. ...

January 14, 2009

ANNI Letter to the Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission

Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) Letter to the Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Regarding the Closing of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) ...