by Sadra | Oct 15, 2010 | Blog
As judicial and security pressures on lawyers from Defenders of Human Rights Center continue, lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court’s Branch 15, immediately after Mohammad Ali Seifzadeh’s trial, another lawyer at the Center. Dadkhah...
by Sadra | Oct 15, 2010 | Blog
A source close to journalist and prisoner of conscience Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that despite her family’s efforts to reduce her $600,000 bail, authorities at the Prosecutor’s Office have not agreed to the family’s...
by Sadra | Oct 15, 2010 | Blog
Download report (PDF) United Nations A/65/370 15 September 2010 Original: English Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives ——— The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
by Sadra | Oct 14, 2010 | Blog
Mehdi Khazali, an ophthalmologist, writer, and critical blogger, was arrested on Wednesday, 13 October 2010, while he was traveling. According to Kalame website, security agents arrested Khazali and transferred him to an unknown location. Khazali’s charges, the...
by Sadra | Oct 13, 2010 | Blog
Hand Amputation Implemented, Official Foresees Death Sentences for Robbery UN General Assembly Must Act (13 October 2010) The Iranian Parliament and Judiciary should immediately abolish cruel and inhumane punishments, such as limb amputation, stoning, and flogging,...
