Five Gonabadi Dervishes who were kept in solitary confinement, in the basement of AdelAbad Prison, were sent to section “Ebrat” of this prison.According to Majzooban Noor, this morning 12 Khordad (June 2), Kasra Nouri, a Dervish right activist along with four other Gonabadi Dervishes (Sayed Ebrahim Bahrami, Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Mohammad Ali Dehghan and […]
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Protest Gathering in Front of AdelAbad Prison/Transfer of Kasra Nouri to an Undisclosed Location
This morning a number of Dervishes gathered in front of Shiraz’s AdelAbad prison in protest to not getting any information about situation of four imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes. After this gathering, Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nouri who is currently being held in AdelAbad prison was taken to an undisclosed location by the AdelAbad prison guards.According to […]
Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri: Take Us to Solitary Confinement in AdelAbad Prison
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri in a letter urged the Fars province’s department of justice to reconsider their unlawful decision or let them join their jailed brothers in solitary confinement in the basement of AdelAbad prison.According to Majzooban Noor, two Dervish right activists, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri after being informed […]
Electoral Campaigns, Interesting, Dicey and Unfair
Are journalists and official media allowed to work for presidential election campaigns? Is it an internationally accepted trend before elections or is it just an Iranian trend? Khabarnegaran.info asked a number of journalists about their opinion on this subject. Simultaneous Campaign and Media News? In less than a month to the election, presidential candidates […]
Journalism after prison More independence, less workplace
How do Iranian journalists deal with journalism after they are released from prisons? How does imprisonment affect their views as journalists? Does it make them conservative or courageous? Do prisons change their perspectives as journalists? Khabarnegaran.info asked these questions from journalists who were recently released from prisons. Independent Journalists Ignore Imprisonment of Iranian journalists […]
Student Activist Forcefully Arrested to Serve Prison Sentence
Security forces stormed the home of Ashkan Zahabian, a former Mashhad University student and member of the Daftar Tahkim Vahdat Student Organization General Council, arrested him, and transferred him to Babol’s Mati Kola Prison on May 27, a source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. According to the source, the security […]
Transfer of 4 Gonabadi Dervishes to Solitary Confinement in AdelAbad Prison
Four Gonabadi Dervishes, residents of Kavar town in Fars province who were arrested by security forces near one month ago, yesterday were moved to the quarantine section of Adel Abad prison and currently are in solitary confinement in the basement of this prison.According to Majzooban Noor, on 8 Khordad 1392 (May 29, 2013) four […]
Gonabadi Dervish, Saleh Moradi Granted 5-Hours Furlough from Prison
Gonabadi Dervish, Saleh Moradi could visit his family for just five hours while a security prison guard and a soldier were escorting him.According to Majzooban Noor, with the permission from Shiraz justice officials and also because of cooperation from Adel Abad prison authorities, Sunday 5 Khordad 1392 (May 26 2013) Saleh Moradi was granted a five hours […]
1200 prisoners went on hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison
The authorities have transferred 30 of 2100 prisoners who are on hunger strike in Ghezel Hesar prison of Karaj to the solitaries. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the prisoners of the halls number 1, 2 and 3 of the section 2 of the Ghezel Hesar Karaj are on […]
Kahrizak Trial Ends: Families Await Ruling on Deaths in Prison
The eleventh and final session of the trial for the deaths in Kahrizak Prison of three detainees in 2009 was held on Wednesday, May 22. Though the judge has not yet announced the adjournment of the trial, the lawyers told the press that the defendants had issued their last defense and there would be […]