by Sadra | Mar 24, 2011 | Blog
Geneva, Switzerland–Twenty two member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council voted for a resolution against Iran, approving the appointment of a special human rights rapporteur for Iran, while 7 voted against it and 14 abstained. At the meeting, the Iranian...
by Sadra | Mar 24, 2011 | Blog
”Strong Support for the Iranian People” (24 March 2011) Today’s Human Rights Council (HRC) decision to establish a UN special mechanism on human rights in Iran is an important step forward to address the human rights crisis and a victory for the Iranian people,...
by Sadra | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog
The father of imprisoned student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh, expressed concern about her condition in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Shabnam and other political prisoners, none of them are well; they are not well physically or...
by Sadra | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran recently interviewed Mahmoud Taravatrouy, lawyer for Mohammad Saber Abbasian, a prisoner of conscience and student activist, who said that Abbasian’s case is one of the most critical cases of a student in the past...
by Sadra | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog
Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi, a journalist and human rights activist, has been sentenced by the Fourth Branch Appeals Court in Kermanshah, presided by Mohammad Ali Roshani, to four years in prison. The verdict was reduced from a five-year lower court sentence and was...
