Crackdown in Iran Intensifies as Iran’s Sham Presidential Election Nears
Hundreds of Arrests, Detainees Violently Assaulted and Tortured Global Leaders Must Speak Out Against the Islamic Republic’s Violence June 11, 2024 - Three weeks after ...
Tag : Freedom expression
March 23, 2017
Cartoon 164: Freedom of Speech
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October 4, 2016
Rouhani Press Bills Would Further Erode Press Freedom in Iran
Experts Suspect Intelligence Establishment’s Direct Influence The government of President Hassan Rouhani is preparing to introduce two bills to Parliament that media experts and journalists say could further erode press freedom ...
June 24, 2016
Pro-Rouhani Newspaper Suspended in Hardline Campaign Against President
A week after Tehran’s hardline chief prosecutor announced he would be suing the editor-in-chief of the major reformist newspaper ...
June 22, 2016
Imprisoned Journalist Who Sent Letter to Supreme Leader Saying He Was Tortured is Hospitalized
Ehsan Mazandarani, who went on hunger strike on May 17, is in intensive care following a heart attack ...
May 5, 2016
Iranian Journalists Face Growing Threats and Intimidation by Authorities
Tactics Meant to Sow Fear among Independent Journalists in Wake of Reformists’ Parliamentary Election Gains Iran’s Intelligence Ministry officials are increasingly harassing and ...
April 11, 2016
Journalist Afarin Chitsaz Held Incommunicado at Evin Prison for Five Months
Status of Case and Charges against Her Remain Unknown Concern is growing for the well-being of newspaper columnist Afarin Chitsaz...
February 24, 2016
Prominent Reformist Journalist Protests Solitary Confinement with Third Hunger Strike
The imprisoned political journalist Issa Saharkhiz has resumed his hunger strike after being placed in solitary confinement on February 21, ...
January 28, 2016
Family of Imprisoned Iranian Producer: Canada Must Do More
The family of prisoner of conscience Mostafa Azizi is calling on Canada to exert more pressure on Iran to release him following the prisoner ...
January 28, 2016
Iranian Artists Call for Immediate Release of Music Distributors
A coalition of Iranian artists have called for the immediate release of three music producers sentenced to six years in prison for promoting underground music in ...
October 19, 2015
Kurdish Filmmaker’s Six-Year Prison Sentence and 223 Lashes Illegal, Says Lawyer
Keywan Karimi The harsh judgment against filmmaker Keywan Karimi for “insulting the sacred” and “illegitimate relations” is baseless and ...
October 14, 2015
Two Poets Sentenced to Flogging and Nine and Eleven Years in Prison
Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Moosavi Forced Confessions Used as Primary Evidence in Convictions October 14, 2015—A Tehran ...
October 12, 2015
Blogger Still Held Behind Bars despite Completing Sentence as He Awaits Exile
Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, Blogger The imprisoned blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari continues to be held behind bars, even ...
September 18, 2015
Artist Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Prison Staff Verbal Abuse
Atena Faraghdani, Artist and Civil Activist The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani, behind ...
August 24, 2015
Imprisoned Cartoonist Grateful for International Courage Award
Atena Faraghdani Jailed artist Atena Faraghdani has expressed gratitude upon hearing she was awarded the 2015 Courage in Cartooning Award ...