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HRW: Rights Defender Sentenced to Four-Year Prison Term
Political Prosecution of Memorial’s Oyub Titiev Draws to an End
Update: After a reading of the verdict that took…
Iran: Status of Labour Activist Unknown
The imprisoned labour activist, Maziyar Seyyednejad is still kept at jail in an unknown situation, Iranian human rights…
Unrelenting Repression in Iran: HRW
HRW- Iranian authorities carried out arbitrary mass arrests and serious due process violations during 2018 in response to protests…
Thinking of you & your family this Boxing Day: Jeremy Hunt
The British Conservative Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt wrote on his Twitter account: Happy 40th Birthday Nazanin! Thinking of…
Iran: Lawsuit against imprisoned lawyer sent to court
The lawsuit against the imprisoned human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh has been referred to the Islamic Revolutionary Court.…
Iran: Prison Wardens brutally beat jailed cyber-activist
Last night, wardens brutally beat imprisoned cyber-activist Hamidreza Amini (Ariyo Barzan) in a raid of Ward 8, located…
Iran: Human rights lawyers sentenced to 12 years in prison
ICBHR: The human rights lawyers, Ghasem Sholehsadi and Arash Keykhosrawi were sentenced to 12 years in prison total.…
Iran sentences environmentalist to prison
The environmentalist Naiem Mohammadpour was sentenced to one year prison.
The Branch 4 of the Appeal Court in Kurdistan…
Release the peace activist, Dr Farhad Meysami!
Farhad Meysami, MD, is a 48-year-old Iranian physician, teacher, author, and peace activist who was arrested in his personal…
Iran: Four people sentenced to prison for protesting
The judicial lawyer along with three other citizens, who participated in late December protests, were sentenced to a total 30…