by Sadra | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
The names of 32 individuals to be sanctioned by the European Union (EU) were announced today. Reports indicated that 80 Iranian officials had been reviewed by EU officials. After a review of that list, the names of these 32 individuals, some of whom are top-ranking...
by Sadra | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: the Pen American Center honors Nasrin Sotoudeh with their Freedom to Write award for her human rights work; Camp Ashraf in Iraq, home to roughly 3500 members of the People’s Mujahideen, came under attack by the Iraqi military on...
by Sadra | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog
Reports circulating in late March during Iranian New Year about the imminent execution of Shirkoo Moarefi, a 31-year-old Kurdish political and civil activist from Baneh who was arrested in November 2008 at the Iran-Iraq border, have been denied by Ahmad Saeed...
by Sadra | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
While lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was being awarded by the PEN American Center, her husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Sotoudeh withdrew her appeal request after being told by interrogators that...
by Sadra | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
April 13, 2011: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Represent Imprisoned Colleague at Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact: Larry Siems, (212) 334-1660 ext. 105, (646) 359-0594 (cell) Sarah Hoffman, (212) 334-1660 ext. 111, (201) 874-9849...
