Persistent Hunger Strikers at Rajaee Sharhr Prison in Iran Denied Medical Care
Four political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are being denied medical care after refusing food ...
Tag : prisoner’s rights
May 9, 2014
Wrong Prison Medication Worsens Student Activist’s Condition
The source told the Campaign that in addition to lymphatic complications, Maryam Shafipour has been suffering from ...
April 24, 2014
421 Activists Call on Rouhani to Investigate Prison Assault
In a public letter to President Hassan Rouhani, 421 civil and political activists in Iran called on him to investigate the assault on political prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 350, which has now been called “Black Thursday.” ...
April 10, 2014
Authorities Prevent Hospitalization of Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani
Abdolfattah Soltani is serving a 13 year term in Evin Prison and his health is in critical condition. Imprisoned human ...
June 6, 2011
Held in Solitary Confinement, Imprisoned Teacher Unaware of Mother’s Death
Rassoul Badaghi, an imprisoned teacher, has been on a dry hunger strike for the past two weeks in protest of his prison conditions at Rajaee Shahr Prison. As he remains in solitary confinement, he is unaware of his mother’s death and her funeral yesterday. Despite ...
May 26, 2011
Imprisoned Teacher in Death Row Ward at Vakilabad Prison
A human rights activist in the city of Mashad told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Hashem Khastar, a retired teacher from Mashad who was imprisoned inside Security-Political Ward 6/1 of Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison, has been transferred to Hall 102 of Ward ...
May 25, 2011
Mansour Osanloo Back in Prison Despite Serious Illness; No Phone Contact with Family
Mansour Osanloo, the imprisoned founding member of the Syndicate of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (Sherkat-e Vahed), who had been hospitalized for the past few days for his heart condition was returned to prison again on Saturday, 21 May, despite dire medical needs. “Because ...
May 18, 2011
Prisoners of Conscience Will Not Be Transferred to Gharchak Prison, Says Sotoudeh’s Husband
While all female political prisoners at Evin Prison were transferred to the prison’s Methadone Ward and told they would soon be moved to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, said ...
May 18, 2011
Imprisoned Student Activist’s Mother: “I Don’t Know Why They Are Keeping Him”
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Roghieh Jafarian, mother of imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian, spoke about her son who has been in detention for the past 16 days inside Sari’s Intelligence Office. Ashkan Zahabian, a member of Tahkim-e ...
May 17, 2011
Transfer of Prisoners Is Against The Law, Says Lawyer
Following the transfer of several female prisoners to Gharchak Prison in Varamin, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that according to Iranian law, each prisoner must be transferred to the prison closest to his or her residence. ...
December 13, 2010
Blindfolds and Handcuffs for Sotoudeh During Visitation
Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, told the International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran that Sotoudeh was not brought to the visiting hour last Thursday for unclear reasons. Sotoudeh went on a dry hunger strike for the third time last week to ...
April 14, 2010
Human Rights Group Demands Closure of Evin Prison Court
(14 April 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately halt the operation of a recently-established “special court” at Evin prison, which confines judges and magistrates to the prison complex and denies lawyers and families any access to judicial proceedings, the International Campaign for Human Rights in ...
August 6, 2008
Detainees Denied Basic Rights
(6 August 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran strongly condemned violations of due process in judicial proceedings against several Baha’is, doctors and students who have been held in incommunicadodetention for months and recently charged with security crimes. The Campaign also expressed its ...