Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike ...
Tag : Women’s Ward
May 7, 2020
Australian Academic Who Attempted Suicide Should be Freed from Unlawful Confinement in Iran
Scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert Kept in Bathroom-Like Temporary Holding Cell Since 2018 May 7, 2020 – A British-Australian academic held in isolation in Iran since September ...
December 27, 2019
“They Know That Moving Her to This Prison Could Kill or Paralyze a Human Rights Activist”
Prisoner of Conscience Violently Transferred to Distant Prison for Demanding Justice for Slain Street Protesters By transferring prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi from Evin Prison in ...
October 18, 2019
14 Women Activists to Be Prosecuted for Demanding Supreme Leader’s Resignation
The prosecution of 14 women who signed a statement demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin ...
June 25, 2019
Letter: Political Prisoner Thanks Richard Ratcliffe for Being the “Voice” of Mothers Behind Bars in Iran
Ratcliffe and His Wife Have Been on a Joint Hunger Strike for 11 Days and Counting Their Daughter Will Soon Have to Leave Iran to Start School in the UK Prominent political prisoner Narges ...
February 15, 2019
Inmates in Gharchak Women’s Prison Denied Food and Heating After Being Assaulted by Guards
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January 18, 2019
Evin Prison Repeatedly Blocking Nasrin Sotoudeh From Seeing Her Children
Defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh continues to be denied family visits in ...
January 11, 2019
Nasrin Sotoudeh and Baha’i Political Prisoner Refuse Phone Calls in Solidarity With Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Authorities Revoke Phone Privileges, Reduce Food Rations in Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward Two political prisoners held in the same ward ...
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 20, 2018
Open Letter From Evin Prison: Narges Mohammadi Calls on Tehran Prosecutor to Stop Denying Her Medical Treatment
Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has written an open letter calling on Jafari Dowlatabadi, the prosecutor ...
December 8, 2017
Opposition Leader Under House Arrest Offers to Serve Remainder of Imprisoned Mothers’ Sentences
Zahra Rahnavard, who has been under extrajudicial house arrest with her husband ...
October 14, 2017
Narges Mohammadi Calls on MPs to End the “Illegal” Torture of Solitary Confinement in Iran’s Prisons
Imprisoned prominent human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has called on members of Iran’s Parliament to investigate and end the “illegal” practice of solitary confinement of prisoners. “As a defender of human rights who has been tortured by this practice, I ...
August 14, 2017
Political Prisoner Responds to “Dolled-Up” Evin Prison Visit by Foreign Ambassadors
A political prisoner held in Evin Prison since 2009 has harshly criticized a state-organized “dolled-up” ...
March 15, 2017
Dual National Speaks of Yearning for Family and Disillusionment with Iran in Letter Prison
Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, has written a letter to her UK-based husband about the pain of being separated from their infant daughter, Gabriella “Gisoo” Ratcliffe, and disillusionment with her ...
November 16, 2016
Authorities Punish Political Prisoner by Denying Medical Treatment, Visitation Rights
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared has been threatened with the revocation of her visitation rights and ...
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 ...