At least nine Iranian prisoners with serious health problems are being held in prison in Iran.
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Tehran Prosecutor’s Illegal Actions Against Political Prisoners Should be Stopped
Legal Analysis By Mehrangiz Kar Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, has turned the absolute legal rights of Iranian political prisoners, imprisoned journalists, and prisoners of conscience into special privileges that can only be granted a prisoner upon Mr. Dolatabadi’s decision.
Letter To UNHRC Special Rapporteur Landed Political Prisoners In Solitary Confinement
Four political prisoners were transferred from Karaj Gohardash Prison to Evin Ward 209 last month for writing a letter to UNHRC special rapporteur on human rights in Iran.
Three Ahl-e Haqq Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Yazd
Three prisoners who belong to a religious minority commonly known as Ahl-e Haqq began their hunger strike in Yazd Central Prisoners on Sunday, July 24, 2011.
Rajai Shahr Political Prisoners Denied Phone Rights for Past 8 Months
According to Kaleme, for eight months now political prisoners in Rajai Shahr ‘Gohardasht’ prison have been denied all telephone contact with their families.
Families urge Iranian parliament to probe prison conditions
Iranian parliament has been urged to probe into the situation of Iranian prisons and the situation of political prisoners in a letter from prisoners’ families addressed to the parliament’s National Security Commission.
Tehran Prosecutor urged to investigate death of political prisoners
A group of Iranian human rights activists and court attorneys has called on the Tehran Prosecutor to investigate the “moving and painful” deaths of Haleh Sahabi and Reza Hoda Saber.
BREAKING NEWS – The 12 Political Prisoners at Evin Issue a Statement Ending Their Hunger Strike
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.
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 […]