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Iranian activist arrested again

Posted on March 16, 2012 | By admin

Iranian political activist Peyman Aref has been arrested for the third time by Iranian security forces.

Human rights activist sentenced to five years and exile

Posted on March 13, 2012 | By admin

Kuohyar Goudarzi, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist, has been sentenced to five years in jail and exile to Zabol.

Jailed student activist gets human rights award

Posted on March 7, 2012 | By admin

Jailed Iranian student activist Bahareh Hedayat has been awarded the first Harald Edelstam Prize for her “outstanding courage and commitment to justice” and for actively working “against the violation of Human Rights in Iran.”

Activist gets six years in jail

Posted on March 6, 2012 | By admin

The appellate court has confirmed the six-year jail sentence handed to Nargess Mohammadi, the deputy head of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre.

Mother of jailed political activist says son was severely beaten in prison

Posted on March 4, 2012 | By admin

Fatemeh Alvandi, the mother of political prisoner Mehdi Mahmoudian who is detained in Rajayi Shahr Prison in Karaj requested that the condition of political prisoners be seen to in a letter to the head of the Prison Organization Gholam-Hossein Ismaili.

Human Rights Activist Kouhyar Goudarzi Has Been Sentenced To 6 Years in Prison

Posted on February 25, 2012 | By admin

Human rights activist and member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Kouhyar Goudarzi has been sentenced to six years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran presided by Judge Pirabbasi.

Human Rights Organizations Call for Release of Syrian Activist

Posted on February 24, 2012 | By admin

On 22 February 2012, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joined 31 human rights organizations, including the Boroumand Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, in calling on the Syrian government to release prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish and other detained activists. Mazen Darwish […]