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Tag : kouhyar goudarzi

September 30, 2011

Investigate Two Tragic Suicides of Close Friends of Detained Activist

(30 September 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called for an immediate investigation into the recent suicides of two former detainees and close associates of Kouhyar Goudarzi, an activist who has been held incommunicado since his detention by intelligence forces on 31 ...

September 9, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 36

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: protesters clash with security forces in the Azerbaijan region of Iran; jailed student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarks on a hunger strike to protest his conditions in prison; four literary and cultural figures are released on bail from prisons in ...

September 6, 2011

Political Prisoner’s Friend Commits Suicide After Release

Confirming news of Behnam Ganji Khaibari’s suicide, a friend of his spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the 22-year-old student who was arrested on 31 July, along with human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi, and was later released on 8 August. ...

August 17, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 34

In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: the final verdict on the three imprisoned American hikers, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal has not been announced; National Press Club president Mark Hamrick condemns journalist Kouhyar Goudarzi’s disappearance and his mother’s arrest; Reza Khandan, husband of ...

August 16, 2011

The Continued Arbitrary Detention of Kouhyar Goudarzi And His Mother

A relative of human rights activist and banned student Kouhyar Goudarzi, who was arrested and transferred to an unknown location on 31 July by unidentified forces, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about Goudarzi’s arrest. “Kouhyar was a guest at a ...

August 12, 2011

“The Imprisonment of Kouhyar Goudarzi a Slap in the Face,” says National Press Club President

Following the announcement of the arrests of Kouhyar Goudarzi and his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, a source close to the case and one of Goudarzi’s friends provided the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran with information about the case. “Kouhyar’s friends have information about him ...

November 18, 2010

Kouhyar Goudarzi’s Mother Calls Award Encouragement to All Mothers of Political Prisoners

Kouhyar Goudarzi was recently honored with the John Auchobon Award for press freedom at the National Press Club. In a message read at the ceremony his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, said that bestowing the award on her son is a “great honor” for her and “an ...

August 11, 2010

Mother of Political Prisoner On Hunger Strike Talks About “Those Two Weeks”

Just before the 16-day hunger strike of prisoners at Evin Prison ended, the mother of one of the prisoners on hunger strike spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Parvin Mokhtare, whose human rights activist son, Kouhyar Goudarzi was among the prisoners ...

August 11, 2010

Prisoners End Hunger Strike — “We Insist On Our Demands”

Fifteen political prisoners have ended their 16-day hunger strike. They published a statement saying that they ended their hunger strike in response to messages from political and civil activists who expressed concern for their health. In recent days, some families of prisoners told the International Campaign ...

August 4, 2010

Release Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike

(4 August 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release seventeen prisoners of conscience who have been on hunger strike for the past ten days and whose health is deteriorating daily, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The seventeen prisoners include prominent student ...

January 6, 2010

Authorities Attempt to Crush Remaining Active Human Rights NGOs

(6 January 2009) Islamic Republic authorities are attempting to shut down the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, one of the few human rights organizations still active in the country, and to stop the human rights activities of the student alumni group ADVAR, the International Campaign ...

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