Dozens of political prisoners reportedly injured or put into solitary confinement following clashes in Evin prison. Iranian guards and intelligence officials have used unprecedented levels of violence against political inmates in one of the country’s most notorious prisons, opposition leaders claimed on Friday. Kaleme, a news website close to an opposition leader, Mir Hossein […]
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Inmates in intolerable condition in Maraghe without basic facilities
The winter is coming and Azerbaijan province is a cold and mountainous region in Iran but the Maraghe prison authorities did not do any preparations in terms of running heating system. A source told HRANA reporter “The inmates of Maraghe prison expressed their protestations verbally and written to both prison authorities and the inspectors […]
EU Condemns Execution Of 18 Inmates By Iran
The European Union has reiterated its call for Tehran to end the death penalty, following reports that Iran executed 18 people on October 26. Sebastien Brabant, the spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, told RFE/RL this week that the European Union has a “very strong and principled position against the death penalty.” […]
The Judiciary and the Prisons Organization are responsible for the lives of inmates
Shirin Ebadi, in her report for Farvardin 1392 [March-April 2013] on the human rights situation in Iran:The Judiciary and the Prisons Organization are responsible for the lives of inmates In her latest monthly report, Shirin Ebadi, human rights defender and winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, has reviewed the human rights situation in […]
Inmates in Ward 350 Asked Dervishes to Break Their Hunger Strike
22 Imprisoned Green Movement supporter held in Section 350 of Evin prison, have issued an open letter urging two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Adel Abad Prison to end their protest hunger strike.According to Kaleme website, in a letter signed by jailed Green movement activists, noted that: “You brought oppressed Dervishes’s voice to whole world […]
Political prisoners call for medical treatment of inmates
Iranian political prisoners have called on the head of Evin Prison to remove the obstacles that restrict the treatment of ailing prisoners.
Bahman Ahmadi Amoui’s Brother: “My Brother’s Life in Solitary Confinement Reserved for Death Row Inmates, is in Danger!”
(Masih Alinejad)-Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, incarcerated journalist and political prisoner arrested on June 20th 2009 is currently serving his 5 year and four month sentence behind bars.
“Dezfool Prison Inmates Are Treated Like Animals”
A local source in Ahvaz told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Saeed Saki, a political prisoner and an Ahvaz Arab activist who was previously held in Karoon Prison of Ahvaz, was transferred to Dezfool prison two months ago. According to the source, the Dezfool Prison is in deplorable conditions due […]
Report lists names of inmates hanged in secret in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has published the names of 101 prisoners who were executed in secret mass executions in Mashhad’s Valikabad Prison.