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Tag : prisoner rights

October 6, 2015

Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Imprisoned Activist a Retrial

Saeed Madani The political activist and university professor Saeed Madani, imprisoned in Iran since January 2012 for his peaceful activism and participation in a nonviolent political opposition group, has ...

September 11, 2015

Imprisoned Leader of Spiritual Group on Hunger Strike

Mohammad Ali Taheri, the leader of a spiritual group Mohammad Ali Taheri, the leader of a spiritual group who has been behind ...

September 8, 2015

House Arrest of Presidential Candidates, Long a Taboo Topic, Emerges as Public Issue Again in Iran

Minister of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi Three days after President Hassan Rouhani suggested the possibility of a legal solution to the long-running house arrest of Iran’s former ...

July 20, 2015

Member of Spiritual Group Sentenced to Prison and Lashes

Masoumeh Zia, a member of the Erfan-e Halgheh spiritual group, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has been sentenced to a year in prison and 74 lashes for “disturbing public order” and taking part in a gathering protesting the ...

May 18, 2015

Cartoon 114: Prison Overcrowding

In an interview with IRNA, Reza Mahboubi, Deputy Director of the Interior Ministry's Social Affairs Center said that five hundred thousand new inmates and detainees enter Iran's prison system each year. Official records indicate, ...

June 28, 2012

Imprisoned Kurdish Activist Deprived of Visit with Ailing Son

Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, a Kurdish human rights activist who has been in prison since 2007, has been on a wet hunger strike for over a month to demand visitation rights with his sick child. After visiting him on June 20, Kaboudvand’s wife, Parinaz Baghban Hassani, ...

June 1, 2012

Imprisoned Baha’i Refused Medical Leave After Surgery

66-year old Riaz Sobhani, currently in prison for financially assisting the Baha’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE), was refused medical leave after his recent heart surgery. His son, Naim Sobhani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his father was transferred to ...

April 30, 2012

26 Days of Hunger Strike and Sewn Lips

A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Kurdish political prisoner Ali Moradi has sewn his lips and embarked on a hunger strike since 4 April to protest his “illegal exile from Minab Prison to Bandar Abbas Prison.” The source ...

April 25, 2012

Imprisoned Student Beaten in Front of Parents

The parents of imprisoned student Javad Alikhani told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that they watched the guards at Evin Prison beat up their son. Authorities also prevented the family from having an in-person visit. “We had taken heavy duty glue for ...

April 23, 2012

After 19 Months in Solitary, Death Row Inmate Finally Indicted

Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alakhani, currently being held in Orumiyeh Detention Center, is spending his nineteenth month in solitary confinemen. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Alakhani has been sentenced to death for “cooperating with PJAK” and “participating ...

April 19, 2012

In Recurring Pattern, Labor Activist Denied Furlough and Medical Leave

Following a recent pattern of restrictions on political prisoner rights, authorities have forbidden imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi from furlough or medical leave. His brother Hassan, Shahabi, told the Campaign that his physical condition is rapidly deteriorating, and he is in need of urgent medical ...

April 18, 2012

Imprisoned Blogger Will Get Medical Leave Only If He Confesses, Say Authorities

On 8 April, authorities transferred Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a blogger who has been suffering from kidney and bladder disease while in prison, to Hasheminejad Hospital. His mother, Zoleikha Mousavi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that judicial authorities have denied him medical ...

April 13, 2012

As Mohammad Davari’s Conditions Deteriorate in Prison, Furlough Continues to be Denied

Judicial authorities have imposed an exorbitant bail on Mohammad Davari, whose conditions continue to worsen in prison. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Bijan Davari, Mohammad Davari’s brother, said his physical and psychological condition is seriously deteriorating. ...

April 6, 2012

Nasrin Sotoudeh Denied Furlough, Telephone Contact

Prominent human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh was deprived of furlough and telephone contact with her family during the Persian New Year, her husband Reza Khandan told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in an interview. “Unfortunately, after two years of imprisonment, her leave ...

April 3, 2012

Imprisoned Journalist Beaten During Interrogation

Imprisoned journalist Ehsan Houshmand, who suffers from serious ear pain as a result of beatings he received during his interrogation, is currently being threatened with his wife’s arrest if he publicizes information about his case and condition, his wife told the International Campaign for Human ...

March 21, 2012

In Solitary Confinement for 65 Days, Political Activist Gets Only One Phone Call

Researcher and sociologist Saeed Madani, who was arrested by security forces on 7 January 2012, remains in solitary confinement and has only been allowed to contact his family once since his detention began, his wife Mansoureh Ettefagh told the International Campaign for Human Rights in ...

July 21, 2011

Iranian Judiciary Continues to Cover Up Secret Executions; 140 Birjand Executions Confirmed

While Mohammad Bagher Bagheri, Social and Crime Prevention Deputy of South Khorasan Province Judiciary, recently announced that 140 inmates with drug trafficking charges were executed in 2010, so far no judicial officials have made any statements about why the Judiciary and the media refrain from ...

July 19, 2011

Seven Political Prisoners Given Short Furlough; Hundreds More Remain in Prison

Seven prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 350 were allowed short furlough on 16 July on for the observance of a religious holiday. The prisoners were: Bahareh Hedayat; Mahdieh Golroo; Behzad Nabavi; Mohsen Mirdamadi; Feizollah Arabsorkhi; Abdollah Ramezanzadeh; Javad Emam; and Massoud Lavasani. No other political ...

July 12, 2011

Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s Son: ‘My Father Says Furlough is Impossible’

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, political prisoner Heshmatollah Tabarzadi’s son, Hossein Tabarzadi, told the Campaign that his father is in poor condition and his family is concerned about his health. “Our family’s last visit with my father was ...

July 12, 2011

“Another Kidney Infection and My Son Will Die,” Says Imprisoned Blogger’s Father

Following a deterioration in the condition of Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s health in prison, his father, Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, shared his concern with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “My son’s interrogators told us that they would kill Hossein and now they are delivering ...

July 12, 2011

Imprisoned Photojournalist Maryam Majd in Dire Physical Condition

A source close to the family of photojournalist Maryam Majd told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she is having digestive problems. Majd has spent more than 20 days in solitary confinement in Evin Prison. “Maryam is not in good physical ...

July 11, 2011

Kurdish Political Prisoner Denied Meeting with Judge

The sister of Kurdish political prisoner Kamal Sharifi, Mahnaz Sharifi, spoke with the Campaign about her brother’s situation in prison. Sharifi said that while her brother continues his hunger strike in prison and is denied visitation rights, the family has met with the representative of ...

June 24, 2011

“I Saw Prison Abuse,” Says Mohammad Nourizad

In an interview with the International Campaign with Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Nourizad, a filmmaker, journalist and prisoner of conscience currently on furlough, provided details about his own case as well as the abuse of other prisoners. “I saw a young man who had ...

June 20, 2011

Journalist’s Family Uninformed About Detention Status

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a source close to the family of detained journalist and political activist Farid Salavati said the family has no information about Salavati. “Since the afternoon of 12 June, when security forces stormed Farid’s ...

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 ...

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