Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Ward 350 of Evin prison, Mostafa Daneshjou is currently deprived of medical care and in dire physical condition.According to a report by Kaleme website, health condition of jailed Gonabadi Dervish lawyer, Mostafa Daneshjou who has been sentenced to seven years and six months jail term and is suffering from acute […]
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Support for “national dialogue” on nuclear energy
Reporters Without Borders supports the appeal launched by Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s Center for Supporters of Human Rights for a “national dialogue on nuclear energy” in Iran. The appeal has been signed by around 100 well-known Iranian intellectuals, journalists and human rights defenders. “The issue of nuclear energy in Iran has always been left […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (03-11-2013)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Habib-Ollah Golpari-Pour’s relatives, who had come to the governmental centres in order to retrieve the dead body of Habib-Ollah, were confronted by officials while trying to take his body, in addition to receiving threats and a ban from holding a funeral for him. The father of […]
Nobel winner Ebadi urges EU, U.S. to ban Iran from TV satellites
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday called on the European and United States to ban Iran from using U.S. and European satellites to broadcast what she described as the Islamic Republic’s propaganda. Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former judge who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her work promoting human rights […]
Scientists, Rights Activists Protest Treatment of Jailed Iranian Physicist
Human rights groups, scientists and backers of academic freedom are stepping up efforts on behalf of Omid Kokabee, a young Iranian physicist who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in May 2010 on conspiracy charges. Kokabee is to be featured in an upcoming Amnesty International panel discussion in Washington D.C. on academic repression […]
Minister calls for open access to social networking sites
Iran’s Minister of Culture and Guidance Ali Jannati says Iranians must have open access to Facebook and all social networking sites. IRNA reports that on Monday November 4, Jannati said on the sidelines of a digital media conference: “Not only Facebook but also all social networking site must be accessible.” He added, however, that […]
Authorities prepare silent death of prisoners of conscience
On 1 November 2013, prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani (a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre – DHRC) and three other political prisoners started a hunger strike in Evin prison in protest against the authorities’ denial of adequate medical care to dozens of sick prisoners in the prison. Two days […]
Iran Executed Another Kurdish Political Prisoner Without Alerting Family nor Lawyers
Ahmad Saeed Sheikhi, one of the lawyers representing Shirkoo Moarefi, a Kurdish prisoner who was executed November 4, confirmed news of his execution and told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “I learned about my client’s execution from news websites. I tried to contact his family many times and I was finally […]
1 Day Grace Period to Pursue Medical Treatment Prevented Dervishes Lawyers From Strike
Monday Aban 13, 1392 (Nov 4, 2013) imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes lawyers who had intention to strike and refuse to go in the visiting room to protest the lack of adequate medical care for prisoners, after Mr. Momeni, the Evin Prison director’s promise of urgent investigation the matter went to the prison visiting room in […]
Japan honours Iranian filmmaker for invaluable contributions
The Japanese government has bestowed its Medal of Honour upon Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. ISNA (Iranian Student News Agency) reported today, Nov. 3, that Japan awarded the honour to Abbas Kiarostami on account of his invaluable services in creating cultural exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and Iran, elevating the level of filmmaking in […]