More than 100 writers, poets and women’s rights activists are speaking out against the arrest of Faranak Farid, the Iranian journalist, poet and activist who was arrested on September 3 in Tabriz.
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Iranian civil activist gets 11 years in jail
Nargess Mohammadi, the deputy head of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre and chief executive of the National Council of Peace, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Islamic Republic judiciary.
Majid Dari: “Students Stand Tall Against Tyrants!”
Majid Dari is an imprisoned student activist expelled from Allameh Tabatabai University (ATU) in Tehran. He studied literature at ATU and was a member of the Advocacy Council for the Right to Education. In July of 2009, Majid Dari was arrested by Iranian Intelligence Agency and locked up in Evin Prison.
Women’s Rights Activist Fereshteh Shirazi Held Incommunicado
Fereshteh Shirazi, women’s rights activist and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, has been denied face-to-face prison visits and telephone contact with her family only a week after her arrest.
Regime lashes civil activist, Shirin Ebadi says act shows weakness
The sentence of 50 lashes for Somayeh Tohidlou, a PhD student of sociology and a campaigner for Mir Hossein Mousavi, was “symbolically” carried out in Evin prison on Wednesday. The sentence had been issued against the civil activist on the charge of “Insulting the President”.
Student Activist Shahin Fazli Began Serving Sentence
Student activist Shahin Fazli has begun serving his 6 month prison sentence.
Student activist Ali Akbar Mohammadzadeh sentenced to 6 years in prison
Ali Akbar Mohammadzadeh, Sharif University student activist, sentenced by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court to 6 years behind bars.
Women’s rights activist severely beaten by plainclothes agents, in critical condition
Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) – According to reliable reports from Tabriz, women’s rights activist Faranak Farid has been severely beaten by plainclothes agents at the time of her arrest.
Senior Iranian Activist Says Revolutionary Courts ‘Illegal’
A founding member of the opposition Freedom Movement of Iran has written an open letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for the dissolution of the country’s revolutionary courts, Radio Farda reports.
Women’s Rights Activist Faranak Farid Arrested in Tabriz
Poet, translator and women’s rights activist Faranak Farid has been arrested in Tabriz.Faranak Farid, editor in chief of the banned publication Dilmaj, has been arrested.