Brothers Khosro and Masoud Kordpour, both journalists from Iran’s Kurdish minority, were sentenced on 10 November to prison terms of respectively six years and three-and-a-half years. On 10 December Masoud Korpour wrote an open letter to the Iranian authorities demanding his and his brother’s release. On 10 November, the Mahabad Revolutionary Court in the […]
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Amnesty International: Death row Kurds on hunger strike
URGENT ACTION DEATH ROW KURDS ON HUNGER STRIKE Six Sunni men from Iran’s Kurdish minority have been on hunger strike since 4 November, in protest at their death sentences and the conditions they are held in. All have been suffering health problems as a result. Jamshid Dehghani, his younger brother Jahangir Dehghani, Hamed Ahmadi, […]
President Rouhani must deliver on human rights promises
In the first 100 days of President Rouhani’s government, human rights in Iran have remained a low priority despite earlier promises made during the presidential campaign, said Amnesty International. The organization urges the Iranian authorities to go beyond the rhetoric and to take urgent and concrete measures� to address the country’s deplorable human rights […]
Physicist Omid Kokabee must be released
Amnesty International has launched a campaign calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Omid Kokabee, a 31-year-old Iranian physicist pursuing a PhD in the USA, serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison. The organization considers Omid Kokabee a prisoner of conscience, held solely for his refusal to work on military projects […]
Amnesty International: Lives of two death row inmates from Kurdish minority at risk amid surge in executions
Two death row prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority are at imminent risk of being executed after the Iranian authorities carried out 20 death sentences over the weekend, Amnesty International warned today. “This surge in executions shows that behind words and promises, the Iranian authorities continue to rely on state-sponsored killing, sparking fears that Zaniar […]
Amnesty International: Jailed blogger denied adequate medical care: Mohammad Reza Pourshajari
URGENT ACTION JAILED BLOGGER DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL CAREIranian blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, also known by his pen name of Siamak Mehr, is in urgent need of medical care that he cannot obtain in prison. He is serving a four-year sentence in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran. Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, aged 53, […]
Amnesty International: Iran must halt execution of prisoner who ‘survived hanging’
Iran must stop the execution of man who was found alive at a morgue a day after being hanged, Amnesty International urged today after authorities said the prisoner would be hanged for a second time once his condition improves. The 37-year-old, identified as “Alireza M”, was hanged in Bojnourd prison in north-east Iran last […]
Amnesty International: Six Kurds may face execution soon
The Iranian authorities must urgently halt the execution of six men on death row in Ghezel Hesar Prison near Tehran. Two of them have been transferred to solitary confinement today sparking fears they are at imminent risk of execution Amnesty International said. Hamed Ahmadi and Sedigh Mohammadi are among six Sunni Muslim men from […]
Amnesty International: Human Rights Agenda for Change
On the occasion of the inauguration of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran, Amnesty International is calling on the authorities to seize the opportunity to break with decades of human rights violations and pervasive impunity. To this end, the organization is presenting a ‘human rights agenda for change’. Since the 1979 Islamic […]
Amnesty International: New President must deliver on human rights campaign promises
The Iranian authorities must seize the opportunity presented by a change of leadership to fulfil the aspirations of many Iranians and undertake a complete overhaul of human rights in the country, said Amnesty International ahead of the inauguration of the new President this weekend. Hassan Rouhani, the 64-year old cleric who has been described […]