Iranian Judiciary Closes Acid Attack Cases With No Convictions But Promises Victims Compensation
Nearly four years after a series of acid attacks on women in the Iranian city of Isfahan, ...
Tag : women human rights defenders
July 7, 2016
Prominent Political Prisoner Promised, Though Still Not Allowed, Phone Contact with Children
Taghi Rahmani believes his wife Narges Mohammadi is being mistreated in prison because he fled the country years ago. Iran’s judicial authorities have promised to lift ...
June 20, 2016
New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face restricted or denied visitation rights even with their young children, are deprived of regular telephone contact with their families, and are not provided adequate nutrition, as ...
September 4, 2015
Cartoon 122: Two More Years for Bahareh
The student and women’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat, imprisoned for over five years in Iran, has been given an additional two-year prison sentence, days after ...
August 28, 2015
Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Held Illegally after Completion of Sentence
Bahareh Hedayat Given Two Additional Years in Prison after She Was Due for Release August 28, 2015—The student and women's rights activist Bahareh Hedayat, imprisoned for over five ...
August 13, 2015
Ailing Student Activist’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws
Bahareh Hedayat’s Continued Detention Violates Iran’s Own Laws Prominent student activist Bahareh ...
July 13, 2015
Intelligence Ministry Seeking “Maximum Punishment” for Prominent Human Rights Activist
Narges Mohammadi Awaits Trial in Prison The Intelligence Ministry has made a written request to impose the maximum punishment on human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, her husband Taghi Rahmani told the International Campaign ...
April 16, 2009
Persecution of Women’s Rights Campaigners Intensifies
(16 April 2009) A new report by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran documents that the persecution of women’s rights advocates has intensified in the past year. For the first time, a women’s rights advocate, Alieh Eghdamdoust, has been jailed for three years solely ...
April 16, 2009
Report on the Status of Women Human Rights Defenders — April 2009
As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, human rights abuses are on the rise. Women’s rights activists advocating for legal reforms and the protection of women’s rights have been increasingly targeted. Since our last report, the most prominent human rights defender, Shirin ...