April 18, 2011

Weekly Rights Podcast 24

In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the Pen American Center honors Nasrin Sotoudeh with their Freedom to Write award for her human rights work; Camp Ashraf in Iraq, home to roughly 3500 members of the People’s Mujahideen, came under attack by the Iraqi military on ...

April 7, 2011

Lawyer Dismissed From Faculty Position for Human Rights Work After 25 Years of Teaching

Mohammad Sharif, a lawyer and professor of law at Allameh Tabatabaee University, was dismissed from his faculty position this week. He spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the potential reasons for his dismissal. “I think working on human rights cases ...

March 28, 2011

No Furlough Allowed for Journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi

Mohammad Sharif, a lawyer who represents many political prisoners and is one of the founders of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his client Ahmad Zeidabadi’s case. “Since his sentence was upheld [by the ...

August 17, 2010

Shiva Nazar Ahari’s Lawyer Concerned About Her Verdict on the Charge of Moharebeh

Shiva Nazar Ahari’s lawyer, Mohammad Sharif, has expressed concern about his client’s upcoming trial considering the heavy charge of moharebeh (enmity with God) in her case. “Shiva Nazar Ahari’s case is being reviewed in the same branch that reviewed Badrolssadat Mofidi’s case. I believe ...

August 13, 2010

“No Legal Reasoning for the Verdict”, says Journalist’s Attorney

Branch 26 of Iran’s Revolutionary Courts has sentenced journalist Badrolssadat Mofidi to six years in prison and five years’ deprivation of press activities. Mofidi is Secretary General of the Iranian Journalists Association. Mohammad Sharif, Mofidi’s lawyer, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran ...