by Sadra | Oct 5, 2010 | Blog
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has awarded its annual Golden Pen of Freedom to Ahmad Zeidabadi, a well-known Iranian journalist and prisoner of conscience, according to the Association’s announcement on its website. In 2000,...
by Sadra | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained a copy of a letter Reza Khandan, wife of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, wrote to Tehran’s Prosecutor, Jafari Dolatabadi, about Sotoudeh’s condition in prison. In the letter he also says that security...
by Sadra | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, lawyer for imprisoned journalist Ali Malihi, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his client’s upheld four-year prison sentence. “Ali Malihi is a reporter, and Article 168 of the Iranian Constitution stipulates...
by Sadra | Oct 1, 2010 | Blog
Iran’s minister of education announced that the ministry will soon alter textbooks and educational trends in schools in order to realize a complete overhaul of the education system. According to ISNA the minister announced a five year plan to change the content of...
by Sadra | Sep 30, 2010 | Blog
Journalist Hengameh Shahidi’s mother, Nahid Kermanshahi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the $600,000 bail set for her daughter’s furlough is impossible for her family to raise leaving her daughter unable to make use of prison leave...
