Although Hossein Ronaghi Maleki is in critical health condition and cannot take his medicines because of stomach bleeding the authorities do not allow him to be transferred to clinics. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the blogger and political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki is suffering from serious kidney disease […]
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Reza Shahabi is in critical health condition
Reza Shahabi who is suffering from back and neck ache and blood pressure is not allowed to go to medical furlough by the authorities. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Reza Shahabi, the member of syndicate of workers of Tehran and suburbs bus drivers’ board who is is ward […]
Human Rights Watch: Sufi Activists Convicted in Unfair Trials
Human Rights Watch: Iran‘s judiciary should abandon charges and quash the verdicts against 11 members of a Sufi sect convicted in unfair trials and informed of their sentences in July 2013. Those in detention should be freed immediately and unconditionally. The evidence suggests that all 11 were prosecuted and convicted solely because of their peaceful […]
A toxic supplement for Rohani
Judge Salavati imposed 56 years of imprisonment to seven dervishes detained in Evin prison. For nearly two years, seven dervishes of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Order were held in Evin prison without charge. All seven were arrested in connection with attacks by regime forces on Dervishes in Kavar (Sarvestan) in September 2011. The order of […]
Imprisoned Journalist Remains in Solitary Confinement Without Charges
Security forces arrested Fariba Pajouh, a journalist who worked for reformist newspapers, on July 10 at her home. Four security force members searched her home, confiscated her laptop computer and satellite receiver, and transferred her to Evin Prison. Fariba Pajouh has been unemployed in recent months.Imprisoned journalist Fariba Pajouh, arrested July 10, is being […]
The Observatory for the protect of Human Rights Defenders: Arbitrary Detention and Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Continue
Paris-Geneva, July 22, 2013-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), condemns the continuing repression of human rights defenders in Iran. According to information received on July 21, 2013, Branch 2 of the […]
A Letter From Imprisoned Lawyers and Dervish Rights Activists to Nelson Mandela: The World Still Needs You!
A group of imprisoned lawyers and Dervish rights activists in Evin and Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison to honor Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to him.According to Majzooban Noor, the letter has been signed by the detained lawyers in ward 350 of Evin prison, Messrs. Abdolfattah Soltani, Farshid Yadollahi, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Omid Behroozi and […]
A Letter From Imprisoned Lawyers and Dervish Rights Activists to Nelson Mandela: The World Still Needs You! (2)
A group of imprisoned lawyers and Dervish rights activists in Evin and Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison to honor Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to him.According to Majzooban Noor, the letter has been signed by the detained lawyers in ward 350 of Evin prison, Messrs. Abdolfattah Soltani, Farshid Yadollahi, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Daneshjou, Omid Behroozi and […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (20/07/2013)
Reactions to the violation of Human Rights in Iran1. On Thursday 11th July, Rosemary DiCarlo, the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, reported on Iran and Syria’s probable plan to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council and showed her dislike. The United Nation Human Rights Council with 47 […]
Outspoken Documentary Film Maker And Writer Mohamad Nourizad Has Been Summoned
Outspoken documentary film maker, writer and former political prisoner, Mohamad Nourizad, has posted on his Facebook that he has been summoned by Court. On July 15, Mohamad Nourizad went to visit a 4 year old Baha’i boy who’s parents are imprisoned because of their faith. Nourizad posted an account of this visit on his […]