On Thursday June 20, incarcerated labor activist Afshin Osanlo was taken to a hospital after he suffered a heart attack in Rejaei Shahr prison . Unfortunately he did not survive his heart attack. Director of Tehran’s prisons in an interview with ISNA confirmed Afshin Osanlo’s death and said, Osanlo was arrested in 2010 and was […]
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Deceased Blogger’s Sister Threatened with Death for Challenging Impunity
“Sattar was innocent and he died under torture. The forces entered my mother’s home without a warrant, took him, killed him four days later, and now they tell us to shut up,” Sahar Beheshti, the sister of deceased blogger Sattar Beheshti, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The sister of Sattar […]
Karrubi Can’t Attend Sister’s Funeral
Iranian opposition sources are reporting that opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi, who is under house arrest, was not allowed to attend the funeral of his sister, Zeinab Karrubi, on July 12.
Pressure on Incarcerated Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh & Her Family Increases | Her Sister Giti Now Denied All Visitation Rights
The pressure by prison authorities and security officials on Nasrin Sotoudeh, incarcerated human rights lawyer and her family is mounting on a daily basis. A few weeks ago, her husband, two children and sister were detained for several hours when arriving for their customary visitation, an act that has resulted in Sotoudeh boycotting all […]
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.
Family Of Dead Iranian Prisoner Complains To Judiciary Head
The family of journalist Reza Hoda Saber, who died of a heart attack last month while on a hunger strike in Iran’s Evin prison, has complained to judiciary head Mohammad Sadegh Larijani about the circumstances of his death, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.