Fatemeh Golzar, wife of lawyer and a founding member of the Defenders for Human Rights Center Mohammad Seifzadeh, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her husband’s case.
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Jailed Iranian Lawyer Declines Family Visits
A prominent human rights lawyer jailed in Iran has refused prison visits by her family after they were roughly treated by prison staff, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Human rights group condemns jailing of US hikers in Iran
Amnesty International says eight-year jail sentences for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal make a ‘mockery of justice’
Where is Kouhyar Goudarzi? Human rights activist still missing after more than 20 days
The Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) – Even though more than 20 days have passed since the arrest of human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi, there is still no information on his whereabouts. Kouhyar Goudarzi is also a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR).
End harassment of six human rights defenders in Iran
FIDH – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.
Iran human rights situation deplorable; Regime must improve press freedom
GVF — In a letter to Ahmad Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, the Committee to Protect Journalists has urged action with respect to the “deplorable state of journalists” in the country, highlighting the continued violation of human rights perpetrated by Iranian authorities.
More than 30 journalists languishing in Iranian prisons
Only in the past year, more than 10 journalists who were previouslyreleased on bail, were jailed after their sentences were finalized…
A Muslim Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Dignity, Difference And Divergence 9consider the UDHR to be Western and thus ‘parochial’ and exclusionary ofother cultures and societies.
Death sentences of mothers to be reviewed
Three women and two men facing execution for drug trafficking offences in Iran after unfair trials are believed to have had their cases sent for review by Iran’s Amnesty and Clemency Commission. A decision is expected on ’Id al-Fitr, the last day of Ramadan, which falls at the end of August.
A Woman Killed by Her Basiji Family in Kamyaran
Fatemeh Azadi, a young woman from the northwestern Iranian city of Kamyaran, was heinously killed by the members of her family during a dispute involving her suitor.