by Sadra | Oct 7, 2010 | Blog
Following long-term prison sentences for political and social activists, this week the Revolutionary Courts sentenced blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki to 15 years in prison. Ronaghi was arrested on 13 December 2009 and transferred to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
by Sadra | Oct 7, 2010 | Blog
This action is no longer active. Click HERE to access the e-Letter Background The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution 1991/42 of the former Commission on Human Rights. The group works to “investigate cases of deprivation of liberty...
by Sadra | Oct 5, 2010 | Blog
(1 October 2010) Nobel Peace Laureate and Iranian lawyer, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation for Human Rights, the...
by Sadra | Oct 5, 2010 | Blog
Jinous Sobhani, former secretary of Defenders of Human Rights Center was sentenced to two years in prison. She was convicted of “acting against national security.” A member of the Baha’i Faith, Sobhani was arrested after Ashura Day events on 3 January 2010 and was...
by Sadra | Oct 5, 2010 | Blog
A group of political activists and members of the Freedom Movement of Iran, including the group’s Secretary General, Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi, were arrested yesterday. According to Mizan News, those arrested were Ebrahim Yazdi, Hashem Sabaghian, member of the Central...
