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October 26, 2018
Iran’s Judiciary Should Release Ailing Prisoner Saeed Malekpour on Medical Grounds
Imprisoned in Iran's Evin Prison since 2008, Canadian permanent resident Saeed Malekpour was hospitalized for a "heart attack" at ...
October 19, 2018
Farhad Meysami’s “Life Is In Danger” Two Months Into Debilitating Hunger Strike
"He has been tied to the bed and injected with serum." Imprisoned rights activist Reza Khandan has warned Iranian authorities that another fellow political ...
October 18, 2018
Imprisoned Activist Farhad Meysami “Kept Alive” With IV Drip
Farhad Meysami, an imprisoned civil rights activist, has lost “40 pounds” since beginning a wet ...
October 9, 2018
“Oppression Stops Life:” Narges Mohammadi Recounts Returning to An Empty Home
For the first time in more than three years, Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi was allowed to ...
October 1, 2018
Civil Rights Activist Farhad Meysami Barricades Himself in Evin Prison Clinic
Meysami Intensifies Hunger Strike and Calls For Release of Reza Khandan Imprisoned civil rights activist Farhad Meysami has resisted medical treatment ...
October 1, 2018
Iran Should Immediately Free Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi on Medical Grounds
Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners Routine in Iran October 1, 2018 – Iranian authorities should immediately free political prisoner Arash Sadeghi so he can ...
September 4, 2018
Detained Civil Rights Activist Refusing to Break Hunger Strike
Farhad Meysami Thin and Pale after More than a Month on Hunger Strike Farhad Meysami, ...
September 4, 2018
Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer, Arrested for Speaking Out, Must Be Released Immediately
State Harassment, Arrest of Family Members to Silence Dissent Intensifies in Iran September 4, 2018—Reza Khandan, the husband of imprisoned human rights ...
June 13, 2018
Prominent Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Detained Amid Iranian Judiciary’s Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers
Iranian human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh previously served three years in prison ...
April 27, 2018
Indictments Issued Against Dozens in Connection With December 2017 Unrest in Iran
Students protesting in front ...
April 23, 2018
“Revealing” Preliminary Autopsy Report Omits Cause of Death of Iranian Canadian Who Died in Iranian Prison
Family and UN Officials Have Called for Investigation Into Claims Kavous Seyed-Emami Committed Suicide Two months have passed since Iranian ...
March 15, 2018
Death of Man Accused of Filming Protests in Iran Marks Fifth Detainee Death in Two Months
Death Certificate Makes No Mention of Officials' Claim of "Stroke" The death in custody of a nursing student arrested for allegedly filming anti-state protests in ...
March 13, 2018
Family of Man Who Died in Detention to Sue Judicial Authorities For Burying Him Without Permission
The family of a man who died in police custody in Iran intends to sue judicial authorities for burying him without their permission the ...
March 13, 2018
Iran: End Persecution of Families Seeking Truth and Justice For Detainees Who Died in Detention
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT 13 March 2018 The Iranian authorities should end their cruel campaign of harassment and intimidation against the families of detainees who ...
March 8, 2018
Seyed-Emami Family: Iran is “Trying to Prevent Us From Rebuilding Our Lives”
Upon arriving in Vancouver, Canada, on March 8, 2018, the sons of Kavous Seyed-Emami--the Iranian-Canadian academic who died in Tehran's Evin ...
March 8, 2018
Ongoing Harassment: Wife of Iranian-Canadian Who Died in Iran’s Evin Prison “Banned” From Leaving Country
Lives of Seyed-Emami Family Thrown Into “Chaos and Terror” March 8, 2018—The Iranian government should immediately allow the wife of Iranian-Canadian academic and environmentalist ...
March 6, 2018
Four Deaths in State Custody in Iran in Two Months Heighten Grave Concerns for Detainees
Gonabadi Dervish Detainee Died From “Blows to the Head,” Says Daughter March 6, 2018—The recent death of a devotee of Iran’s largest Sufi order in Tehran ...
February 23, 2018
UN Experts: Iran’s Spying Charges Against Wildlife Activists “Hard to Fathom”
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February 22, 2018
Letter from Evin Prison Highlights Grim Plight of Political Prisoners in Iran
Rights Activist, Condemning Iranian Judiciary’s “Subservience” to Security Agencies, is One of Many Languishing Behind Bars February 22, 2018—The recent ...
February 19, 2018
Iran’s Suppression of December 2017 Unrest Marked by Brutal Violations of Law
The state crackdown that crushed the protests that erupted across Iran in late December 2017 was marked by violence and brutal disregard for the law. This CHRI briefing, based on interviews with released detainees, the families and attorneys of detainees, and journalists and human rights ...
February 15, 2018
Mother of Ailing Hunger Striker Atena Daemi Assaulted in Front of Evin Prison
Atena Daemi (right) with her mother Masoumeh Nemati. Masoumeh Nemati, the mother of imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi, was attacked in front of Evin Prison in ...
February 14, 2018
Seyed-Emami’s Son Reveals Threats Against Family
Kavous Seyed Emami and his son, Ramin. Ramin Seyed-Emami Says Family is Seeking Independent Investigation February 14, 2018 -- The son of ...
February 10, 2018
Iranian-Canadian Academic Dies in Custody While Under Interrogations
A third detainee, 63-year old Iranian-Canadian professor Kavous Seyed-Emami, has died in custody in Iran, barely 17 days after his arrest and while under interrogations ...
February 7, 2018
Authorities Ignore Potential Cancer Diagnosis For US Resident Nizar Zakka, Deny Him Medical Care
"Evin Prison officials are using medicine as a weapon" US permanent resident Nizar Zakka...