After nine female political prisoners went on a hunger strike to protest against their mistreatment by prison guards, reports indicate that guards in the women’s ward of Evin Prison have been replaced.
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The court session for Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzoban Noor website’s managers was postponed
The court session for Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzoban Noor website’s managers Was postponed to another date.
Gonabadi Dervishes: “Stop Repression Of Us”
As the trial date of Ten Gonabadi Dervishes and their lawyers in the cities of Shiraz and Tehran was announced, number of Gonabadi dervishes have written an open letter to the Human Rights Defender International to protest against Government’s treatments.
Switching Dervishes Dossier In Court: Ruling Power Forces The Media Against Reporting
The trial of seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban Noor website managers is going to begin on the end of this month (Aban-Nov) for three consecutive days under judgement of Mr.Salavati.
Family decries jailed blogger’s death in custody
Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti, who was arrested 10 days ago by Iran’s cyber police, has reportedly been killed while in custody.
Iranian activists urge prisoners to end strike
More than 95 Iranian social and political activists have issued a letter urging the women at Evin Prison to end their hunger strike out of concern for their lives.
Political prisoners decry treatment of women at Evin
Twenty-six political prisoners at Iran’s Rejaishahr Prison have issued a statement that condemns the recent attack at Evin Prison’s women’s ward and calls for an end to the mistreatment of prisoners.
BREAKING NEWS | Nasrin Sotoudeh, Incarcerated Human Rights Lawyer on Hunger Strike, Transferred to Solitary Confinement
November 4th, 2012 – According to reports received by The Peace Activists in Exile Campaign, in the latest attempt to coerce Nasrin Sotoudeh to break her hunger strike, the incarcerated human rights lawyer now on the 18th day of her hunger strike was reportedly transferred to solitary confinement last Wednesday October 31st, 2012.
33 Female Political Prisoners Demand an Apology from the Head of Evin Prison Following an Aggressive Raid on Female Ward
33 female political prisoners behind bars at Evin prison have written an open letter to the head of Evin prison. The letter comes on the heals of a hunger strike launched by 9 female political prisoners protesting the highly unusual search and desecration and harassment of female political prisoners at the hands of […]
On Hunger Strike, Incarcerated Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Has Been Banned From Visits For Three Weeks
Incarcerated rights attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh has been banned from visits for three weeks by Evin prison’s Disciplinary Board.