Mourning the Passing of Ali Ajami
We at the Center for Human Rights in Iran mourn the death of our former colleague Ali Ajami, and express our deepest ...
Tag : political prisoner
March 12, 2020
“They Want to Create Fear” More Artists Summoned to Prison Amid Iran’s Rising COVID-19 Death Toll
In addition to renowned filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, three members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA)—Baktash Abtin, Reza Khandan Mahabadi and Keyvan Bajan—have ...
July 10, 2019
UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment
UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several months we have communicated to the ...
June 11, 2019
Political Prisoner Stabbed to Death in Tehran Penitentiary Three Months After Protesting Unsafe Conditions
Alireza Shirmohammadali Was Unlawfully Held in Ward With Inmates Convicted of Dangerous Crimes He Had Gone on Hunger Strike Against Unsafe Prison ...
January 3, 2019
Open Letter: Mohammadi and Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Hunger Strike for Access to Medical Treatment
Will Take “Other Steps” if Authorities Continue to “Endanger” Their Health Political prisoners Narges Mohammadi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have written an open letter warning that they will go on hunger strike if the authorities continue ...
December 3, 2018
Crackdown on Defense Lawyers in Iran: Amirsalar Davoudi Not Heard From Since Arrest
Davoudi Eighth Human Rights Attorney to Be Jailed in Iran in Last Six Months Editor's Update: A one-month detention order has been issued against ...
November 29, 2018
Death of Satirist Alireza Rezaei in Exile Prompts Outpouring of Grief from Iranians Forced by State Repression to Flee Iran
Beloved Blogger Broke Taboos by Writing About Political and Social Issues with Humor November 29, 2018—The death in exile of ...
October 26, 2018
Iran’s Judiciary Should Release Ailing Prisoner Saeed Malekpour on Medical Grounds
Imprisoned in Iran's Evin Prison since 2008, Canadian permanent resident Saeed Malekpour was hospitalized for a "heart attack" ...
November 5, 2017
Iranian Poet Sentenced to Prison and Flogging For the Charge of “Insulting the Sacred”
Poet and civil rights activist Reza Ekvanyan has been sentenced to three years in prison and 40 lashes for the charges of “propaganda against the state” and “insulting the sacred” by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, presided by Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh ...
April 18, 2017
“Be My Daughter’s Voice,” Pleads Mother of Hunger-Striking Activist Serving Seven Years
Imprisoned children and human rights activist Atena Daemi has been stricken with ...