Jailed journalist Mohammad Davari has suffered a heart attack in Evin Prison after hearing the news of his brother’s death.
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UN To Iran: Stop Journalist Arrests
Several UN human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to immediately stop a recent wave of journalist arrests and to release those already detained.
Another Iranian journalist jailed amid outrage
Ali Dehghan has become the latest journalist to be swept up in a wave of arrests by Iranian authorities, despite widespread outrage over the past few days both inside and outside Iran.
Mehdi Mahmoudian, Journalist Who Exposed Kahrizak Crimes, Denied Furlough, Now On Month 8 Of Fasting
While three of the men accused of Kahrizak detention center crimes enjoy special treatment (three Judges were found to be the main culprits in the torture deaths of prisoners at Kahrizak by the Parliament, but have not as yet been put on trial for their crimes), the person who […]
Journalist Mohammad Kimiayi arrested in Qazvin
Agents from the Ministry of Intelligence of Qazvin detained Mohammad Kimiayi who contributed to many reformist newspapers and the weekly “Hadith-e Qazvin”.
Imprisoned Journalist Siyamak Ghaderi Responds To Faezeh Hashemi’s Report From Prison
Imprisoned journalist Siyamak Ghaderi has written a letter to Faezeh Hashemi, the imprisoned daughter of former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, in response to a letter she published from prison ( here ) highlighting the positive aspects of being in prison.
Voices raised to stop abuse of prisoners’ families
117 journalists have called on the head of the judiciary to stop prison interrogators from threatening and bullying the families of prisoners.
“A Journalist Behind Bars=Depriving an Entire Nation of their Right to Freedom of Speech”
Incarcerated journalist Mahsa Amrababdi was first arrested in June 2009, when she spent approximately 3 months in solitary confinement in Evin’s ward 209 under the supervision of the Intelligence Ministry.
Jailed journalist couple denied visit
Iranian prison authorities have not allowed Jila Bani-Yaghoub and her husband Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi visit each other in four months.
Ahmad Zeidabadi Hospitalized After Six Months of Illness
Imprisoned journalist and Secretary General of Advar Tahkim Vahdat Alumni Association was transferred to a Tehran hospital on Saturday, November 17, after six months of severe illness and repeated requests by his family for medical treatment.