On that Monday I accompanied the mothers, wives and children of political prisoners to the meeting hall of Evin prison in Tehran. In the waiting room, I saw other activists, and Dr Maleki and Mr. Nourizad. The atmosphere in the hall was tense and tears were visible in the corners of many eyes which stared […]
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Nursing mothers imprisoned: UN report details Iranian persecution of non-Muslims
Iran’s hard-line regime has intensified its violent crackdown on Christians and other religious minorities, even imprisoning nursing mothers for practicing their faith, according to a new UN report. The March report provides a rare, detailed view into the shocking treatment of Christians in Iran, where American Pastor Saeed Abedini is serving an eight-year sentence […]
“Iranian Mothers for Peace” Alert the World on Sanctions and Shortage of Medicines
“Iranian Mothers for Peace,” in an open letter of January 2013 to Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General, and Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director General of the World Heath Organization, have alerted the responsible world bodies and human rights organizations to the critical shortage of vital medication due to […]
Member of Mourning Mothers Iran suffers under intimidation and added prison time
Iran based human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish, who is well known in the region for her work in fighting against the death penalty as well as being one of the head organizers for the Mourning Mothers, known also as the Mothers of Laleh Park, has now been sentenced on her latest appeal […]
Supporter of Mourning Mothers, Ms. Mansoureh Behkish Sentenced To Imprisonment On Appeal
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), was informed of the appeals ruling issued against of human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish.
What do imprisoned mothers in Iran fear the most? ‘Being forgotten’
(WNN) Tehran, IRAN: Built in 1971 Evin prison, in Iran’s capital city of Tehran, is a place where incarceration for prisoners brings with it depression, frustration and isolation. Prisoners who are mothers often have a secret, and haunting, fear of ‘being forgotten’ by the children they have left behind at home.
Iran urged to quash prison sentence for ‘Mourning Mothers’ activist
Women in Tehran are facing jail sentences for campaigning against decades of human rights violations.
Mothers of Laleh Park denounce persecution of activists
The Mothers of Laleh Park and their supporters have issued a statement challenging the Iranian judiciary’s harsh sentencing of human rights activists.
Iranian ‘Mothers’ Ask, ‘Who Really Endangers National Security?’
The Mothers of Laleh Park (previously known as the Mourning Mothers of Iran) — a group of women whose children were killed or detained during Iran’s 2009 postelection crackdown — have issued the names of seven members or supporters who have in recent months been sentenced to prison over their activism.
My son’s crime: helping the Mourning Mothers
The family of Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi has told Rooz Online that, despite this prisoner of conscience’s unsuitable physical and psychological condition, he is still held in Evin prison in a state of limbo. Sadigheh Zeinali, Mr. Ebrahimi’s mother, who visited her son last Monday, told Rooz: “My son’s only sin was visiting, expressing sympathy […]