Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent political prisoner and former deputy interior minister, was not released at the end of his six-year sentence and has to serve another sentence.The Human Rights Activists News Agency reported on Monday that Tajzadeh’s six-year prison sentence has ended. Fakhrosadat Mohtashamipour, Tajzadeh’s wife, wrote on her Facebook page that while her […]
Tag: Solitary Confinement
Two Rights Activists of Dervishes Returned to General Ward from Solitary Confinement
Reza Entesari and Mostafa Abdi, two rights activists of Gonabadi Dervishes, who had been transferred to the solitary confinement due to the refusal to the mandatory fresh air since Thursday, have been returned to the general ward on Saturday, yesterday.These two imprisoned dervishes since nine months ago who have been moved to the general […]
Transfer of Two Rights Activists of Gonabadi Dervishes to Solitary Confinement
Two Rights Activists of Gonabadi Dervishes Sent to Solitary Confinement from Ordinary Ward Yesterday morning two rights activists of Gonabadi dervishes imprisoned in Evin Prison were transferred to the solitary confinement.According to Majzooban Noor, yesterday morning 22, Esfand, 1393 ( March, 13, 2015) Mr. Reza Entesari and Mr. Mostafa Abdi two rights activists of […]
An Imprisoned Sufi Transferred to Solitary Confinement
Amir Rajabi, Sufi prisoner in the central prison of Zahedan, since several days ago has been transferred to solitary confinement, because he has refused to shave his mustache and has gone on hunger strike. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amir Rajabi, a Sufi from Kermanshah, who has been […]
Mohammad Ali Taheri on Hunger Strike to Protest Three Years of Solitary Confinement
A student of Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of Interuniversal Consciousness Theory, who has been in prison since 2011, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Taheri has embarked on a dry hunger strike (refusing both food and water) since last week to protest 3.5 years in solitary confinement inside the […]
Threat of Solitary Confinement to a Prisoner Due to Support of Hunger Striking Dervish Prisoners
Rasoul Hoveyda, non-political and non-Dervish, who has gone on hunger strike to support the demands of the Dervish prisoners, was called into the Evin warden’s office.According to Majzooban Noor, today morning, 24 Shahrivar (Sept 15) Rasoul Hoveyda who is being held in the financial section 8 of Evin prison (Mehriyeh) was summoned to Evin […]
Prison Officials Threaten to Transfer of Jailed Dervish Strikers to Solitary Confinement
Evin prison guards are trying to take the imprisoned Dervishes who are on hunger strike since twelve days ago, to solitary confinement.According to Kalame, following statement from Dervish prisoners announcing mass hunger strike to protest the violations of their constitutional rights, the Evin prison’s Warden, “Momeni” by putting pressure on the prison administrators wanted […]
More Than Two Months in Solitary Confinement for Protesting Exclusion of Women in Stadium
A young woman’s detention in solitary confinement continues after her June 30, 2014 arrest, following her earlier arrest and release outside a Tehran sports stadium when she tried to attend a volleyball game. Ghoncheh Ghavami’s lawyer, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaee, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he is unaware of his […]
Overnight Transfer of Amir Eslami and Mostafa Abdi to Solitary Confinement
Two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes who are spending their sentence in Evin’s ward 350 have been abruptly transferred to solitary confinement.According to Majzooban Noor and based on a report by “Jaras”, Tuesday around 20 p.m. evening, three guards suddenly entered the room of imprisoned Dervishes to inspect their personal items and after confiscated some of […]
Eighty-one days in solitary confinement without trial -Saba Azarpeyk
Saba Azarpeyk, a Reformist Journalist who was arrested 81 days ago, is still kept at solitary confinement with no clear vision of possible trail date. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) in Iran, Saba Azarpeyk was arrested on Wednesday morning, May 28th, 2014 by security forces and was transferred […]