by Sadra | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog
An appeals court upheld the sentences of Maryam Bidgoli and Fatemeh Masjedi who are women’s rights activists and members of the One Million Signatures Campaign. Bidgoli and Masjedi will now begin serving sentences of six months in prison and will pay fines of $200 in...
by Sadra | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog
Azam Afsharian, mother of imprisoned journalist Nazanin Khosravani talked to the international Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her first visit with her daughter, two months after her arrest. “Today was a very good day for me, as I was able to see my daughter’s...
by Sadra | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog
The wife of Hoda Saber, journalist and a Nationalist-Religious activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has no knowledge about the reasons for her husband’s recent arrest. “I want my husband’s unconditional release, because his...
by Sadra | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog
(No. 2 – January 1, 2011 – 12:15 p.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the state of human rights in Iran: “As 2011 begins, I am deeply concerned by the deteriorating human rights...
by Sadra | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog
Download the full report as a PDF here. The report’s Executive Summary can be found below. Executive Summary In the summer of 2009, Canadians and the rest of the international community looked on with concern as Iranian security forces cracked down on protesters...
