by Sadra | May 24, 2010 | Blog
Former Deputy President of Iran, Seyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi, was attacked by plainclothes forces yesterday as he left a memorial service in Shahr-e-Rey, 9 miles outside Tehran. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has received reliable reports from...
by Sadra | May 24, 2010 | Blog
Judge Should Be Suspended for Politicized, Incompetent Rulings (20 May 2010) The continuing sentencing of activists to long prison terms by the Iranian Judiciary, in politically-motivated trials and based on unfounded charges, should be immediately halted and all the...
by Sadra | May 24, 2010 | Blog
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi called on the United Nations to send special rapporteurs to Iran to review cases of arbitrary arrest and torture before more executions take place....
by Sadra | May 18, 2010 | Blog
We’ve gotten a lot of emails lately wondering what was going to materialize for June 12th. To mark one year since the disputed 2009 election, U4I is coordinating a global day in partnership with wide range of local, student, and online groups, prominent NGOs,...
by Sadra | May 18, 2010 | Blog
Farzad Kamangar was one of the five people executed at Tehran’s Evin prison last Sunday. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, his lawyer, Khalil Bahramian emphasized that his client was innocent. “The gentlemen do not have a shred...