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Tag : due process

May 11, 2020

Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to Prison Without Access to Counsel

Four Defense Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran in Less Than Two Years Human rights attorney Payam Derafshan was denied access to counsel while being tried for the charge of “insulting the supreme leader,” for which he was sentenced ...

May 22, 2019

Judge Moghiseh Accused of Cursing at Magazine Editor During Bail Hearing

The former editor-in-chief of the Sedaye Parsi (Persian Voice) political magazine, Masoud Kazemi, was detained on May 22, 2019, after being unable to post bail, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned. During the hearing, ...

March 14, 2019

UN Experts “Shocked” at Lengthy Prison Sentence for Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June 13, 2018. UN, GENEVA (14 March 2019) – Iran should immediately free prominent ...

December 3, 2018

Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest

Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months Editor's Update: A one-month detention order has been issued against Amirsalar Davoudi, his lawyer, Vahid Moshkani Farahani, told the Center for Human Rights in ...

May 2, 2018

UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to Halt Imminent Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi

GENEVA (2 May 2018) – A UN human rights expert has urgently called on Iran to halt the death sentence against Iranian Kurd Ramin Hossein Panahi amid reports he will be executed on Thursday. ...

February 15, 2018

Environmentalists Detained in Iran Denied Legal Counsel Weeks After Arrests

Some Detainees Allowed Brief Contact With Their Families Environmental activists who were detained at the same time as Kavous Seyed-Emami—who recently died in custody—are being denied access to legal counsel, the Center for Human Rights in ...

January 23, 2018

155 Lawyers Call on Iran’s Judiciary to Stop Restricting Detainees’ Access to Counsel

In the wake of a massive influx of detainees following protests in several Iranian cities at the end of 2017, more than 150 lawyers have called on Judiciary Chief Sadegh Larijani to stop ...

December 14, 2017

Judge Demands Political Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri Pick Lawyer from Judiciary’s List

Judge Salavati Often Assigned to Issue Harsh Sentences in Political Cases The judge who will re-sentence imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri for the charge of “corruption on earth” has demanded that Taheri ...

July 10, 2015

Cartoon 118: The Judiciary Aims to Control Lawyers

In an escalating war of words that reflects the long-running conflict between the Judiciary and lawyers over the legal profession’s independence in Iran, the Iranian Bar Association Union’s president, Bahman Keshavarz, reiterated in an interview with the ...

June 1, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Handcuffed Transfer To Bar Association Uncalled For, Says Husband

The first court session for disbarring prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was held at the Iranian Bar Association on 29 May, though she was not allowed to review ...

May 27, 2011

Secret Group Executions Continue at Vakilabad; Dozens More Executed In April and May

Though Iranian judicial authorities continue to stay silent about the execution of prisoners with drug-trafficking charges inside Mashad's Vakilabad Prison and refuse to acknowledge the executions or related statistics, informed sources tell the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that more than 70 individuals ...

December 13, 2010

Blindfolds and Handcuffs for Sotoudeh During Visitation

Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, told the International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran that Sotoudeh was not brought to the visiting hour last Thursday for unclear reasons. Sotoudeh went on a dry hunger strike for the third time last week to ...

November 11, 2010

Nasrin Sotoudeh Still on Hunger Strike; Allows Herself Water

Feministschool.com, a website in Iran, reported that Iranian authorities continue to refuse jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s demands for due process, forcing Sotoudeh to continue her hunger strike. Sotoudeh has agreed to friends’ requests to drink water after nine days of being on a ...

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