More than 100 Sunni prisoners including 30 death row prisoners have written a letter asking Jeish-Al-Adl to release 5 Iranian soldiers. The full text of this letter is as follows: All praise is to God, who does not oppress, and who has forbidden his servants from oppression, and peace and blessings of Allah upon […]
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Deported Dervish Prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison Refused to Go to the Visiting Room
This morning on 14 Esfand 1392 ( Mar 5, 2014) lawyer and Dervish rights activists, Farshid Yadollahi and Reza Entesari refused to go in Rajai Shahr prison visiting room.According to reports by Majzooban Noor, Farshid Yadollahi and Reza Entesari who are currently on hunger strike along with eight other jailed Dervishes in prisons around […]
More than 1000 Dervishes on Hunger Strike; Gonabadi Dervishes from Across the Country Will Gather in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s Office
Gonabadi Dervishes across the country have declared that they will stage a rally in front of Tehran Prosecutor’s office to voice their objections.Subsequent to the announcement made by Gonabadi Dervishes residing in Lorestan Province and imprisoned Dervishes and political prisoners’ families about their rally on 17 Esfand, other sufis from other provinces also declared […]
Concerns about Health of Jailed Dervish Hunger Strikers; Our Strike Is Resistance Against Gradual Death
Since Tuesday, refusing to take medicines while on hunger strike has led ill Dervishes to deteriorating situation.Dervish Prisoners say: ” Our strike is resistance against the gradual death which are imposed on us by Iranian judiciary officials.”According to a report by Kaleme, highlights imprisoned ill Dervishes’ situation in Evin’s ward 350 are as follows: […]
Lorestan Dervishes’s Letter to Rouhani; More than 400 Gonabadi Dervishes Join Jailed Peers in Hunger Strike
After nine jailed Gonabadi Dervishes announced that they will refuse food to protest their mistreatment by Iranian prison authorities, more than 400 Gonabadi Dervishes from across the country began their own hunger strike in support of their jailed peers. The Majzooban Noor website reports that the Dervishes announced on Facebook that they have joined […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (04-03-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. The United Nation Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the city of Geneva published a statement warning about the increase in the number of executions in Iran. It is stated that during the past seven weeks, at least 80 people have been executed […]
Security officer charged with manslaughter in Beheshti case
The security officer who oversaw the case of Sattar Beheshti, the detained blogger who died three days into his arrest by Cyber Police, will stand trial in April for manslaughter in a court for government staff, says the Beheshti family’s lawyer. According to IRNA, Giti Pourfazel reported that Beheshti’s parents have received a summons […]
Karroubi campaign worker Sentenced to Seven Years for Strange Charges
A source close to the family of imprisoned student Maryam Shafipour, who was just sentenced to seven years in prison, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Shafipour received the heavy sentence on strange and irrational charges such as “membership in Facebook,” “applying for a student visa,” “existence of a satellite […]
Student activist given seven year prison term in continuing crackdown
Iran’s authorities must quash the conviction of a 27-year-old student who received a seven year prison sentence because of her peaceful political activities, said Amnesty International. Maryam Shafi’ Pour had been a member of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s presidential campaign during the 2009 elections. “That a student could be jailed for seven years merely […]
A political prisoner returned to prison before the surgery
Asghar Ghattan who was transferred to the hospital last week has been suddenly returned to Evin prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Asghar Ghattan, the 60 years old prisoner in ward 350 of Evin prison who was transferred to a hospital outside of the prison for […]