by Sadra | Dec 21, 2012 | Blog
NEW YORK – (December 21, 2012) – Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Iranian Government for “serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations” in the country. Member states deplored abuses against the Iranian people,...
by Sadra | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog
Iranian human rights attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has ended her hunger strike at Evin Prison after 49 days. Sotoudeh, who is serving a six year sentence for “spreading propaganda against the government and acting against national security,” was...
by Sadra | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog
Washington DC (30 November 2012) – We are deeply troubled by reports of the rapidly declining health of jailed Iranian human rights defender and 2012 Sakharov Prize winner Nasrin Sotoudeh. Iranian officials have denied Sotoudeh, a leading women’s rights...
by Sadra | Nov 21, 2012 | Blog
Behrouz Ghobadi, the brother of exiled Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi, was arrested in Iran on November 4 and is being held in secret by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry. He has been denied basic rights under international human rights laws, including contact with his...
by Sadra | Nov 21, 2012 | Blog
United for Iran joined twenty-five leading human rights and cyber-security organizations and activists in issuing a letter to Melissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo! last week, calling on the internet company to raise security measures to meet international standards and provide...
