No Lawyers, No Justice: Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights
At Least Nine Defense Attorneys Sentenced to Prison Since 2018 June 23, 2020 – Two years after the prominent human rights attorney Nasrin ...
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June 23, 2020
List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights (Updated)
At least five defense lawyers are currently imprisoned in Iran for supporting human rights ...
February 20, 2020
“Torture” and “Sexual Threats” Detailed in Letters by Jailed Former UN Environment Consultant
Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – A ...
May 13, 2019
Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Sentence Against Female Activist for Criticizing Chief Justice
Number of Women Political Prisoners Rising in Iran May 13, 2019 – A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7.5-year prison sentence against prominent political activist Hengameh Shahidi based on her social media posts in which she ...
September 18, 2018
Secretary General: Iran Engages UN But Intensifies Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly and Speech
Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary general of the Iranian judiciary's High Council for Human Rights. Following are ...
August 22, 2018
60 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Work For Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release
Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was detained on June 13, 2018, and ...
July 11, 2018
Free Iran’s Political Prisoners
July 12, 2018--During a speech in March 2018, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that no one in Iran ...
June 26, 2018
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens Protesting Merchants With Execution as Protests Continue
Tehran Demonstrations Against Inflation Turn Political as They Spread to Other Cities The Chief Justice of Iran Sadegh Larijani has ...
June 8, 2018
Rouhani Calls Suspension of Non-Muslim City Council Member “Really Upsetting”
Sepanta Niknam was suspended from the Yazd City Council for being a member of the Zoroastrian faith. Suspended Zoroastrian ...
March 12, 2018
Iran Should Stop Persecuting BBC Journalists and Threatening Their Families
Ongoing harassment of BBC Persian staff continues despite repeated UN criticism March 12, 2017—The UN should take immediate action on an appeal by the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) urging the Human Rights Council to protect journalists from an escalating campaign ...
March 12, 2018
46 NGOs Urge UN to Renew Mandate of Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Iran
March 12--Ahead of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, 46 Iranian and international non-governmental organizations sent a letter to all diplomatic missions ...
February 10, 2018
25 Legal Experts Urge Iranian Official to Address “Public Archive” of Abuses Against Baha’is
Twenty-five professors, lawyers and judges from around the world have called on the head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, ...
January 10, 2018
Iran Suspends Thousands of Drug-Related Death Sentences After Years of Domestic and International Campaigning
January 10, 2018--An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked according to a just-issued judicial order ...
October 14, 2017
Narges Mohammadi Calls on MPs to End the “Illegal” Torture of Solitary Confinement in Iran’s Prisons
Imprisoned prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has called on members of Iran’s Parliament to investigate and end the “illegal” practice of solitary confinement of prisoners. “As a defender of human rights who has been tortured by this practice, I ...
November 29, 2016
Momentum Growing to End Iran’s Death Sentences for Drug Offenses
Fast-Tracked Amendment Pending in Parliament, Must Still be Approved by Guardian Council On November 23, 2016, Iran’s Parliament agreed to speed up deliberation on an amendment which, if ...