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Tag : gonabadi

November 6, 2019

Imprisoned Sufi Dervishes Launch Hunger Strike Demanding Freedom of Movement for Ailing Spiritual Leader

More than 70 imprisoned members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order began a hunger strike in early November to honor their ailing spiritual leader Nour-Ali Tabandeh, who had been hospitalized due to complications from his ...

January 2, 2019

Food With “Rodent Feces” Served to Political Prisoners in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary

The food served at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) is unsanitary and has been found to contain rodent feces, making ...

September 19, 2018

18 Sufis on Strike in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary Issue Three Demands

Eighteen Sufi dervishes of the Gonabadi Order are on hunger strike in Iran’s Great Tehran ...

September 5, 2018

Detained Sufis Kept in Solitary and Dangerous Wards for Refusing to “Express Remorse” for Peaceful Prison Protests

A number of detained Sufi dervishes of the Gonabadi Order have been kept in solitary confinement or transferred to a ward with dangerous ...

August 31, 2018

Tehran Penitentiary Guards Launch “Brutal” Attack on Imprisoned Sufi Muslims

Guards in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) attacked and beat detainees inside Ward 3 ...

August 20, 2018

Mass Conviction of Sufi Protesters “Unprecedented in Iran’s Judicial History”

Twenty Sufi Muslims, all members of Iran’s Gonabadi Order, have been issued heavy prison sentences by the ...

June 20, 2018

Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process

Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The Iranian judiciary should immediately ...

June 18, 2018

Sufi Prisoner Mohammad Salas Buried After Sudden Execution Without Family’s Permission

Lawyer: Burial Attended by “200 Anti-Riot Agents” Iranian authorities buried the body of Mohammad Salas after he was executed on June 18, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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