June 4, 2012

Official Silence One Year After Haleh Sahabi’s Death

On the anniversary of Haleh Sahabi’s death, her brother Hamed Sahabi spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the yearlong silence and the slow progress of the case with the Judiciary. Haleh Sahabi, daughter of Dr. Ezzatollah Sahabi, underwent a cardiac arrest ...

January 5, 2012

“Police Should End Coverup And Release Recording,” Says Brother of Deceased Activist

The brother of Haleh Sahabi, who lost her life on 1 June 2011 following interference by security forces during her father’s funeral, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he continues to pursue his complaint with Iranian authorities to identify those involved ...

June 20, 2011

Hunger Strikers Tell Families They Will Pay Any Price Until Situation Changes

The twelve prisoners inside Evin Prison’s Ward 350, who have been on hunger strike for two days protesting the deaths of Hoda Saber and Haleh Sahabi, told their families that they will continue their strike until there is conditions change. The wives of two of ...

June 20, 2011

Shirin Ebadi Says Deaths of Political Prisoners is Systematic

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Noble Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi discussed the hunger strike embarked on by 12 political prisoners in protest of the death of Hoda Saber. Ebadi told the Campaign that the deaths of ...

June 16, 2011

“Gross Negligence, Rulers Wanted Him Dead,” Says Hoda Saber’s Former Cellmate

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, political activist Reza Alijani, talked about his former cellmate Hoda Saber and his death. “All the evidence shows that the rulers and security apparatus wanted him to die,” Alijani told the Campaign. “I ...