The Committee of Human Rights Reporters — Student activist and political prisoner Atefeh Nabavi has written a letter from Evin prison for the occasion of her 30th birthday. She and her cousin Zia Nabavi were arrested on June 15, 2009, following the 2009 Iranian Presidential election. Atefeh Nabavi was taken to ward 209 of […]
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A Moving Letter from Dr. Maleki to UN Special Rapporteur
Dr. Mohammad Maleki, the first president of Tehran University after the revolution, has written an open letter to Dr. Ahmad Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Letter From Ward 350 Political Prisoners To Tehran Prosecutor General: History Will Judge Both of Us
In a letter to Tehran Prosecutor General (the District Attorney), a number of Evin ward 350 political prisoners have spoken out regarding infringement on the legal rights of the political prisoners. Prisoners that apparently have a very different sets of made up and illegal rules imposed upon them.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki severely beaten up and transferred to hospital
Imprisoned blogger Hossein Ronaghi who is suffering from kidney disease and has undergone 2 major operations in the last few months, was transferred to Taleghani hospital with serious injuries sustained after being brutally attacked.
Imprisoned Blogger Housein Ronaghi Maleki’s Recent Letter to Tehran Prosecutor
Imprisoned blogger and human rights activist, Housein Roghani Maleki, has written a letter to Tehran Prosecutor General (Jafari-Dowlatabadi) describing the hardships of ward 350 in Evin prison and the illegal actions of IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps) in not allowing him needed medical furlough.
Sahel Ghanbari’s Letter to Her Father
Abdolreza Ghanbari is a 42 year old high school teacher from the poverty stricken regions of Ghiamdasht in Varamin County and holds a PhD degree in Literature and Persian Language. He was arrested on December 27, 2009 during Ashura protests for participating in and videotaping the demonstrations and subsequently tried on charges of Enmity […]
Letter To UNHRC Special Rapporteur Landed Political Prisoners In Solitary Confinement
Four political prisoners were transferred from Karaj Gohardash Prison to Evin Ward 209 last month for writing a letter to UNHRC special rapporteur on human rights in Iran.
A Letter to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran by a Former Diplomat
“Speak the truth and shame the devil.”Dear Dr. Ahmad Shahid,What compelled me to write this letter is the fact that we share a common background serving as diplomats for our countries. Such commonality brings us closer together and encourages mutual understanding of a single issue.
Imprisoned Journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi Writes Letter to Wife on Her Birthday
June 12, 2010, Parham (second from right), Ahmad Zeidabadi’s youngest child pictured here at his eighth birthday with his mother, Mahdieh Mohammadi, (far right) and two brothers (first two on the left).The Advar News site has published a letter written by Ahmad Zeidabadi on July 20th from Rajai Shahr ‘Gohardasht’ prison to his wife […]
Letter by a number of Rajai Shahr political prisoners to the Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur
A number of political prisoners at Rajai Shahr prison have written a letter to Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations. Rassoul Badaghi, Masoud Bastani, Isa Sharkhiz, Ali Ajami, Keyvan Samimi, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi are 6 political prisoners who have written a letter to the UN Special Rapparteur.