Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions
Prison Fails to Meet UN’s Minimum Standards for Treatment of Prisoners Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the ...
Tag : Sufi Gonabadi
April 22, 2019
Sufi Woman Beaten by Inmate in Gharchak Prison
Sufi political prisoner Sima Entesari was beaten by an inmate who claims she was promised a case review if she carried out the attack, ...
March 15, 2019
Iran Appeals Court Upholds Lengthy Prison Sentences, Lashings Against 23 Dervishes
Sentences Range from Six to 26 Years Including Lashes March 15, 2019 – The mass conviction of 23 dervishes of the Sufi Gonabadi Order ...
February 15, 2019
Inmates in Gharchak Women’s Prison Denied Food and Heating After Being Assaulted by Guards
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January 28, 2019
Sufi Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment for Painful Pellet Wounds
Prison Official: “We shot to kill you, not to treat you” Two Sufi Muslims imprisoned in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary...
January 14, 2019
Sufi Woman Jailed in Iran Sentenced to 148 Lashes For Criticizing Gharchak Prison Conditions
Elham Ahmadi, an imprisoned member of the Sufi Gonabadi Order in Iran, has been sentenced to 148 lashes for ...
January 2, 2019
Food With “Rodent Feces” Served to Political Prisoners in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary
The food served at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) is unsanitary and has been found to contain rodent feces, ...
November 2, 2018
Sufi Prisoners Illegally Being Held With Dangerous Inmates in Tehran Penitentiary, Say Families
Dozens of Sufi prisoners are being illegally held in a ward for drug-addicted prisoners in the ...
September 5, 2018
Detained Sufis Kept in Solitary and Dangerous Wards for Refusing to “Express Remorse” for Peaceful Prison Protests
A number of detained Sufi dervishes of the Gonabadi Order have been kept in solitary confinement or transferred to a ward with dangerous ...
July 3, 2018
Four Female Sufis Sentenced to Five Years Imprisonment Each Under National Security Charge
Shima Entesari with her family Political Personalities Urge Authorities to Free ...
June 12, 2018
Sufi Detainees Tried En Masse in Iran as Some Launch Hunger Strike Against Denial of Due Process
Eight detained members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order have gone on hunger strike at the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) to protest prison conditions and the state’s ...
May 25, 2018
Sufi Bus Driver on Death Row in Iran Denies Killing Policemen in Audio File Released by Lawyer
Mohammad Salas’ Attorney Zeynab Taheri Summoned to Court to Face Charges The lawyer of Tehran-based death row prisoner Mohammad Salas...
May 17, 2018
Sufi Bus Driver Sentenced to Death in Iran Says He Confessed to Killing Policemen While Under Torture
A Sufi bus driver who was sentenced to death in Iran for running over three policeman ...
May 11, 2018
Lawyer: Dervish Bus Driver Could be Executed in “3 or 4 Days” Despite Innocence Plea
Mohammad Salas, a Sufi bus driver convicted in Iran of running over three policemen in the capital city ...
March 5, 2018
Tehran Police Chief Says Man Accused of Killing Policemen Will Be “Punished by Hanging”
The alleged driver of a bus that was driven into three policemen and two members of the Basij volunteer ...
February 26, 2018
Dozens of Gonabadi Dervishes Hospitalized in Tehran as Friday Prayer Leaders Demand Harsh Retribution
Approximately 170 members of the Sufi Gonabadi Order known in Iran as the Gonabadi Dervishes have been ...
February 26, 2018
Iranian Telecommunications Minister Blocks His Son’s Access to Google
Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi: “We ...
February 21, 2018
Iranians Debate Use of Violence Against Security Forces After Clashes With Sufi Gonabadis Leave Three Dead
Clashes among members of a predominantly peaceful minority faith in Iran and security forces have resulted in a discussion ...
January 5, 2018
Reformist MP Enquires About Students Detained in Iranian Protests
Four Sufi Gonabadi Dervishes Detained Without Charge A member of the reformist women’s faction in Iran’s Parliament has publicly enquired about ...
October 5, 2017
Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison
The sentences of a lifetime in exile issued against Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan and Hamid Arayesh of the Sufi order in ...
July 25, 2017
Sufi Devotee With Heart Disease Denied “Urgent” Medical Care in Bandar Abbas Prison
Despite worsening heart disease, Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan, an imprisoned dervish of Iran’s Sufi Gonabadi Order in Hormozgan Province, ...
July 22, 2017
Iranian State Censorship Body Blocks Websites Belonging to Persecuted Sufi Gonabadi Order
State authorities in Iran have blocked access to websites belonging to the Sufi Gonabadi Order to ...