Kurdish Political Prisoner, Ramezan Ahmad Kamal, on Hunger Strike Ramezan Ahmad Kamal, a Kurdish political prisoner and a Syrian citizen arrested over three years ago in Iran by Ministry of Intelligence agents and accused of being a member of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, an armed militia group), is on a hunger […]
Tag: Abuse
Child abuse and domestic violence dominate emergency statistics
Last year over 92,000 calls to the Iranian emergency services were concerned with child abuse or domestic violence against women.
Amnesty Report Says Governments ‘Fail To Lead’ Against Abuse
Amnesty International says courage shown by rights protesters during the past year has been matched by an “endemic failure of leadership” from local and international authorities.
Iran Denies Diplomat Sex-Abuse Charges
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement rejecting accusations that an Iranian diplomat in Brazil sexually assaulted young girls in a public swimming pool.
“Starred” student activist endures more abuse in gruesome Iranian prison
Starred student activist Zia Nabavi is illegally held in prison exile. In Iran, a starred student is banned from pursuing higher education because he or she spoke out against educational discrimination, a practice denied by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Prison Visit With Sotoudeh Ends In Detention And Physical Abuse of Family
Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, talked to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his five-hour detention along with his two children and his sister-in-law.