by Sadra | Dec 14, 2010 | Blog
Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to release immediately and unconditionally all prisoners of conscience, including those detained in recent weeks in connection with their peaceful political or human rights activities, and to halt all trial...
by Sadra | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Hossein Derakhshan was released last night on the unprecedented bail amount of $1.5 million. Derakhshan had requested a prison furlough after a lower court sentenced him to 19.5 years in...
by Sadra | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog
A source in Tehran told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that three editorial members of Shargh newspaper were arrested on Tuesday. Security forces stormed the newspaper’s offices and arrested editor-in-chief Ahmad Gholami, political desk editor...
by Sadra | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Mahdieh Mohammadi, wife of imprisoned journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi, said that authorities have not upheld their promise for a furlough and this has caused anguish for her children. “They sent us...
by Sadra | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog
Following the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran’s reports of secret group executions without due process inside Mashad’s Vakilabad prison, local sources told the Campaign that nine more people were executed on 30 November. The source also reported of 11...