by Sadra | May 20, 2014 | Blog
Ghadamkheir Faramarzi is asking you to take action to stop the execution of her son Shahram, as well as 32 other Kurdish prisoners. Most of their cases are being reviewed by the Supreme Court in the next few weeks. We do not have much time. Please take one minute...
by Sadra | May 20, 2014 | Blog
**Breaking news: Yahoo has agreed to restore the ability of Iranians to create yahoo mail accounts by the end of September 2014.** Over the last two weeks 22,000 signed a petition calling on Yahoo to restore the ability of people in Iran to create email accounts....
by Sadra | May 8, 2014 | Blog
Iran is facing unprecedented sanctions, but essential services like free email accounts have long been exempt from the sanctions*. Instead of continuing to provide millions of Iranian users with email services–Yahoo has decided to shut off the ability for people in...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog
This article first appeared in The New York Times. The original can be read here. By Thomas Erdbrink Tehran (March 8, 2014) — Born into a poor family in one of Tehran’s most desolate neighborhoods, at age 17 Safar Anghouti had little to look forward to beyond a...
by Sadra | Mar 17, 2014 | Blog
Iran Human Rights has published its 2013 annual report on the death penalty in Iran. With more than 687 executions, the number of executions in 2013 were the highest in more than 15 years, including 30 women and 3 juveniles. More than 68% of executions occurred after...
