AmnestyAmnesty International – URGENT ACTION – Over 60 individuals, mostly dervishes (members of a religious order), were arrested in the Iranian cities of Kavar, Tehran and Shiraz between 3 and 14 September. At least three lawyers who represent the group were also arrested on 4 September. All are currently held in Evin Prison in Tehran […]
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Dervishes’ lawyersTransferred to ward 209 of Evin Prison
According to Majzooban Noor reporter , Mr. Farshid Yadollahi , Amir Eslami , Omid Behroozi and Afshin Karam pour The lawyer Dervishes , are in Section 209 of Evin prison and under interrogation .
“Security: not granted for lawyers in Iran”
While “Naghi Mahmoodi”, lawyer in Tabriz, has been disbarred for the fourth time, this lawyer left Iran because he was not feeling safe after the police, security and Intelligence agents also came to his office.
Intensifying the pressures on Gonābādī Dervīshes’ lawyers and their apprehensions by the security forces
According to Majzoobān-i Noor Website’s reporter, through last week the pressures on Gonābādī Dervīshes have been intensified.
The latest news of administrators of Majzooban Noor website and Gonabadi Dervishes’ lawyers
In spite of four days of Follow up by lawyers’ Dervishes Nemaoolahi Gonabadiand and their families of detainees,there is no news and information about them .
Ebadi urges Iranian Bar Association to support persecuted lawyers
Iran’s Nobel Peace laureate, Shirin Ebadi, has compiled a list of 41 lawyers who have been subjected to government persecution since June 2009 for carrying out their legal duties.
Lacking Independence, Bar Association Remains Silent as Lawyers are Persecuted
The Iranian Central Bar Association should come to the aid of embattled lawyers subjected to harassment, unfounded criminal charges, or prison sentences for defending prisoners of conscience and advocating for human rights, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.
UN Special Rapporteur should intervene to stop suppression of lawyers in Iran
8 April 2011 – Karim Lahidji, Vice-president of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and President of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today: “Arresting and persecuting lawyers is another dimension of the total disregard of the Iranian authorities for due process, and standards of fair trial.