Anyone held in Iran solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights should immediately and unconditionally be released, Amnesty International has said, following the pardoning by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of at least 130 political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, from Tehran’s Evin Prison.
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A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from August 6-12, 2012
State-run TV Inconsiderate towards the Victims of the Azerbaijani Earthquake A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from August 6-12, 2012 The earthquakes which occurred in the north-west of Iran caused huge destruction and human casualties mostly in Haris, Varzeghan and Ahar city in Azarbayejan Sharghi province.Based on some reports, between […]
Lashed then freed
Regime urged to release all imprisoned journalists and netizens Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that a number of prisoners of opinion, including seven journalists and netizens, were released on 15 August.
New redlines for newspapers in Iran
Journalists in Iranian media and newspapers have received new guidelines in their newsrooms. New redlines have been introduced. Now officially censorship starts before choosing a topic for an article.
Families of flogged political prisoners speak out
In the past few days, the flogging sentence of a number of political prisoners in cellblock 350 in Evin Prison was carried out. According to reports, the flogging of Kamyar Iazi, who is a doctor, was to the extent that his body bled as a result.
Journalism in Iran
In the list of the world’s ’10 Most Censored Countries’, compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Iran is in the fourth place, after Eritrea, North Korea, and Syria.
The list of 75 political prisoners granted pardon and released from Evin prison
According to reports by Kaleme, on Thursday August 16th, 2012, 75 political were released from Evin prison who have been pardoned by the Supreme Leader of Iran. The sentences of 9 additional political prisoners were reduced.
Prisoners released after annual pardons
Following reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader has pardoned 130 prisoners charged with security crimes, the Tehran Prosecutor’s office announced that so far about 90 prisoners have been released.
Political Prisoners Were Lashed In Evin Prison During The Most Sacred Days In Ramadan
Step by step escalation of extremely harsh treatment of the political prisoners in Evin prison continued with lashing of some of the political prisoners and summoning to prison the people whose sentences were issued long ago, entered a new phase during Ghadr nights in Ramadan (The assassination of Imam Ali that is mourned by the […]
Early Discharge From Hospital And Transfer To Evin Prison; Gonabadi Dervish, Mostafa Daneshjou
Despite doctor’s orders, Mostafa Daneshjou, jailed Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyer was discharged from the hospital and transferred back to prison on 19th Mordad 1391 ( Aug 9 , 2012).