A joint open letter that Amnesty International sent yesterday to the Member States of the Human Rights Council. To: Member States of the Human Rights CouncilYour Excellency,We, the undersigned human rights and civil society groups, are writing to urge your government to support the resolution to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on […]
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Political Prisoners Refused to Visit the Families in Solidarity with Dervishes
A group of political prisoners in ward 350 of Evin prison refused to visit their families. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), some of the prisoners of ward 350 of Evin prison refused to go to visit hall, in protest to medical negligence of political prisoners and forcing them […]
Transfer of Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad to Political-Security Section
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was transferred to section 12 known as Ershad ward after spending one week in the quarantine section and addicts’ ward of Bandar Abbas’s Central Prison.According to reports by Majzooban Noor, Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad who appeared in his charges hearing on […]
Rouhani has not increased freedoms in Iran, U.N. chief says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his elecrtion, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. Rouhani, who won a landslide in June, led Iran to an initial nuclear deal with world powers. But, perhaps […]
Reporters Without Borders Names ‘Enemies Of Internet’
The media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders has released its annual list of ” Enemies of the Internet.” The report was issued on March 12 to coincide with World Day Against Cyber Censorship and seeks to draw attention to “government units and agencies that implement online censorship and surveillance.” Antoine Hery, the head […]
Protesting Dervishes Beaten and Detained
Security agents and police verbally and physically assaulted Gonabadi dervishes before arresting them for their protest gathering outside the Judiciary in Tehran, a protesting dervish told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Sadigheh Khalili, who is having difficulty walking after being kicked many times during the protest, said about 300 male and […]
Jailed blogger’s father seeks prosecutor’s help
Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, the father of jailed blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, has written to the Tehran Prosecutor calling for the release of his “ailing son.” The Kaleme website reports that in a letter to Abbas Jafari Dowlaatabadi, Ronaghi Maleki says that his application for the release of his son on medical grounds has been […]
Iranians Report Low Confidence in Justice System, Putting Iran 82nd of 99 Countries
The International Campaign of Human Rights in Iran – A new report by the World Justice Project indicates Iran’s ranking at 82 among 99 countries measured for what citizens think of their justice system. The WJP Rule of Law Index measures how the rule of law is experienced in everyday life around the globe. […]
Ashton Under Fire For Meeting With Iran Rights Activists
On her recent two-day trip to Iran, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with human rights defenders, including the mother of a blogger who died in prison in 2012. The meeting has infuriated Iranian hard-liners, who harshly criticized Ashton. Media outlets close to the government reported that a protest by “students” would be […]
Dervishes released following arrests at protest
Dervishes arrested in the protest in front of the Tehran’s Prosecutor’s office were released today, Monday March 10. The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that the dervishes were arrested yesterday as they gathered in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office to protest the failure of prison authorities to address the medical needs of jailed dervishes. […]