Well-known Iranian human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi — who had been banned from his studies, jailed a number of times, and sentenced to five years in prison — recently fled Iran. Goudarzi, a member and former head of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, was honored while behind bars with the National Press Club’s […]
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Urgent Appeal For Kouhyar Goudarzi
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), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.
Student activists sent to jail
The Iranian judiciary has confirmed the prison sentences of Iranian student activists Kouhyar Goudarzi and Amir Garshasbi.
Kouhyar Goudarzi released from prison
Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi was released today on $88,000 bail.
Human Rights Activist Kouhyar Goudarzi Has Been Sentenced To 6 Years in Prison
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.
Kouhyar Goudarzi Remains Imprisoned 200 Days
The Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR) reported last week that incarcerated human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi, who has now been imprisoned for more than 200 days, was once again transferred from the public cells in Evin prison’s ward 209 to a solitary confinement cell.
Court was held on charges of Kouhyar Goudarzi
Committee of Human Rights reporters – The hearing of the charges of Kouhyar Goodarzi, a human rights activist, was held this morning in the Revolutionary Court Branch 26, under supervision of Judge Pir Abassi.
The Persecution Of A Persian Tiger Mother
Parvin Mokhtare was just doing what any other mom would do when she took to the airwaves of Radio Farda (RFE/RL’s Persian-language service) to protest the arrest of her son, journalist and human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi, who has been imprisoned off and on by the Iranian government for years. Mokhtare was her son’s […]
Kouhyar Goudarzi’s court hearing postponed, his mother issued two-year prison sentence
The first court hearing for imprisoned human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi was held yesterday morning in branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge PirAbassi.
Mother Of Political Prisoner Sentenced To Prison For Publicizing Son’s Case
Iran has sentenced the mother of a political prisoner to 23 months in prison apparently for publicizing her son’s case in media interviews.