Mohammad Ghaznavian Re-Arrested After Bail is Increased

7 April 2010 Mohammad Ghaznavian, a children’s and women’s rights activist was arrested again. He was first arrested on February 8, 2010 in Qazvin and released on a $20,000 bail on February 20, 2010. When he and his attorney appeared at Qazvin Revolutionary Courts...

Pressure on Dr. Ali Akbar Soroush for Confession

8 April 2010 Several sources told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Dr. Ali Akbar Soroush has been under torture by Mazandaran Ministry of Information Office over the past few days to make confessions against himself. Dr. Soroush was a member of Mir...

Arash Saghar: Five Months in Security Ward 209 of Evin Prison

A source close to Arash Saghar, a senior member of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s presidential campaign headquarters in a predominantly Sunni region told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that five months after his arrest, Saghar remains in the Ministry of...