Iranian human rights defender and lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah must be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said, after he was called to begin a 9 year prison sentence at Tehran’s Evin prison on Saturday.
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Iran’s leading human rights lawyer begins serving out 9-year jail term
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has begun serving out a nine-year jail-term. According to opposition site Kaleme, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been transferred to ward 350 of the notorious Evin Prison in order to serve out the lengthy prison sentence.
A Brief Report on Human Rights Situation in Iran in Shahrivar 1391[August- September 2012]
Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defenders and Nobel Laureate, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Shahrivar 1391 [August-September 2012], in continuation of her monthly reports.
Mother Tongue: A Human, Child and Woman’s Right
Women and children human rights activists agree on the deep bond between a woman’s right and those of the child. This connection is so tight that one cannot be clearly studied without the other. Many of the reasons and acts that destroy the rights of a child also exist in the discrimination […]
UN General Secretary Alarmed by Vast Human Rights Violations in Iran
Posted by IHRV On September – 11 – 2012 A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from August 25 to September 2, 2012.
OMCT: Repression of human rights defenders goes on uninterrupted in Iran
Paris-Geneva, September 11, 2012. 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), was informed of four new cases of arbitrary detention against human rights defenders in Iran. Several rights activists and journalists have been […]
Larijani Attacks UN Mechanisms, Calls Shaheed “Irrelevant”
Commentary: Shortly after Ban Ki-moon left Tehran, Iranian Human Rights Council head Mohammad Javad Larijani criticized the UN’s human rights mechanisms publicly, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, on Iran’s State TV. (ISNA)
Human Rights: Brief News
Wife of political activist beaten by security forces commander A commander in the Internal Security Forces harshly beat the wife of a political activist who complained of harassment by the security forces.
Help to Repeal The Unjust Sentence for a Human Rights Activist
Shiva Nazar Ahari, A political Iranian Human Right activist, will be present in Evin Prison on the coming Saturday, September 8th, 2012, to serve her four-year imprisonment as well as 74-lash flogging sentence.
Ban Ki-moon Mentions Human Rights in Tehran; Details Unclear
Speaking at the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s School of International Relations on August 30, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, “I have urged the authorities during my visit this time to release opposition leaders, human rights defenders, journalists and social activists to create the conditions for free expression and open debate.