The 12 political prisoners on hunger strike at Evin prison, protesting the killings of Haleh Sahabi and Hoda Saber, ended their hunger strike yesterday, Sunday June 26th, 2011.
Category: Sufi news
New Report on Iran’s Prison Deaths Raises Concerns
Iran’s pattern of prison abuse and neglect demonstrates that the lives of prisoners of conscience are at risk, theInternational Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today, with the publication of a new report, Death in Prison: No One Held Accountable. The Campaign holds Iranian authorities at the highest levels accountable for the health and […]
Families urge human rights rapporteur to urgently meet with prisoners on hunger strike
GVF – In a letter to the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, the families of a number of political prisoners currently on hunger strike have expressed concerns over the health of their loved ones in prison. They have urged the investigator “to travel to Iran and monitor the situation of the twelve […]
Iranian cleric urges prisoners to end hunger strike
Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani has told political prisoner Mohammad Javad Mozaffar that he and other hunger strikers have a religious duty to end their dangerous protest.
Two Year Prison Sentence Upheld for Jailed Lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh
Rahana – Mohammad Seifzadeh has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. According to his family, he is currently held in Ward 350 of Evin Prison and bail has been issued for his charge of illegally exiting the country. He had previously been sentenced to 9 years in prison and a ban on his […]
Five hunger strikers treated at infirmary
Five of the 12 Iranian political prisoners on hunger strike at Evin Prison have been transferred to the infirmary, according to the Kaleme opposition website.
Iran’s young take to Gandhian studies
The Times of India – Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts continue to be an inspiration for citizens across the globe, as is visible in the enthusiasm of students from other countries who come to Panjab University for pursuing PhD from the department of Gandhian Studies.
Letter by a number of Rajai Shahr political prisoners to the Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur
A number of political prisoners at Rajai Shahr prison have written a letter to Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations. Rassoul Badaghi, Masoud Bastani, Isa Sharkhiz, Ali Ajami, Keyvan Samimi, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi are 6 political prisoners who have written a letter to the UN Special Rapparteur.
Six more Iranian prisoners join hunger strike
Six more Iranian political prisoners have joined 12 prisoners who are on a hunger strike to protest the recent deaths of two political prisoners.
U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur Forbidden to Enter Iran
The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Ahmed Shaheed, former Maldives Foreign Minister, as the new special human rights Rapporteur to Iran on June 17. One day after this announcement the Iranian parliament’s (Maljles) committee on human rights declared that Shaheed will not be allowed to visit the country.