Amnesty International – “What I witnessed revived the memories of the past five years; beatings of people in the streets, arrests, solitary confinement, attacks on the university dormitories, and what took place in Kahrizak Detention Centre” Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, prisoner of conscience, describing his account of the events in an open letter. 1. Introduction […]
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Wrong Prison Medication Worsens Student Activist’s Condition
Imprisoned student activist Maryam Shafipour has developed a severe reaction from a medication incorrectly prescribed for her for three months by prison doctors for a lymphatic condition. Prison authorities have refused to allow her to see a specialist. An informed source who wished to remain anonymous told the Campaign that Mehdi Khodabakhshi, Supervising Assistant […]
Iran ex-president Khatami urges freedom for political prisoners
Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has called for the release of political prisoners and urged an end to house arrest for two leaders who alleged fraud after the 2009 election.In remarks published by ISNA news agency, Khatami, in office between 1997 and 2005, said such steps would benefit the country. He was referring to Mir […]
Emad Bahavar’s Eyewitness Account of The Brutal Attack On Ward 350 Political Prisoners
On April 17, 2014 Ward 350 of Evin prison was raided and the political prisoners brutally attacked and beaten resulting in many serious injuries. Below is translation of a letter written by political prisoner Emad Bahavar giving an eyewitness account of the portion of the raid that he witnessed. I feel as though pain […]
421 Activists Call on Rouhani to Investigate Prison Assault
In a public letter to President Hassan Rouhani, 421 civil and political activists in Iran called on him to investigate the assault on political prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 350, which has now been called “Black Thursday.” “As members of civil society and political activists, we request that you take a stand against tyranny […]
Families of political prisoners in Evin Prison protesting outside Iran parliament
A group of families of Evin Prison political prisoners held a protest gathering outside Iran’s Majlis (parliament) on Sunday, April 20th. The protesters called for the release of political prisoners and also the return of the inmates attacked on Thursday, April 17th, by Iranian regime’s agents when they stormed Evin’s ward 350. Thirty one […]
UN experts urge Iran to give political prisoners medical care
United Nations human rights experts called Thursday on Iran to provide urgent medical care to two political prisoners, warning the seriously ill men risked dying in detention. The UN’s special rapporteur on the rights situation in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and other experts voiced alarm at Tehran’s alleged denial of medical care for blogger Mohammad […]
No Political Prisoners Among the 920 Pardoned
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mr. Ali Khamenei, has pardoned 920 Iranian prisoners on the anniversary of the Islamic Republic of Iran on March 31, 2014. According to the Iranian news agencies, after Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani sent a letter to the Supreme Leader recommending pardons and reductions in the sentences of 920 […]
Former president announces regret that political arrests continue
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami said in his New Year’s message that the year just ending could have been more glorious had house arrests and imprisonments ended, referring to the house arrest of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi and the imprisonment of political prisoners charged in connection with the election […]
2 political prisoners ended their hunger strike
Ali Salan Poor and Gholamreza Khosravi ended their hunger strike, following requests of their fellow inmates. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ali Salan Poor and Gholamreza Khosravi, the political prisoners of ward 350 of Evin prison, ended their hunger strike after 10 days, following requests of their fellow […]