by Sadra | Jun 29, 2011 | Blog
Local sources in Mashad told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that 26 more inmates were hanged at Vakilabad Prison on 15 June 2011. At the same time, the Prosecutor of Mashad Mahmoud Zoghi admitted to secret group executions and without mentioning...
by Sadra | Jun 28, 2011 | Blog
Original in German | Source in English Plassnik: Stop the violence against women in the Middle East! Special Envoy on the latest form of violence against women in Libya, Egypt and Iran Vienna, 9 June 2011 – As far as the public at the international level is concerned,...
by Sadra | Jun 28, 2011 | Blog
UA: 196/11 Index: MDE 13/063/2011 Iran Date: 23 June 2011 Date: 23 June 2011 URGENT ACTION WOMAN detained FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM Iranian human rights activist, Mansoureh Behkish , was arrested on 12 June 2011. She is a member of the ‘ Mourning Mothers ’ group ,...
by Sadra | Jun 27, 2011 | Blog
In an interview with the International Campaign with Human Rights in Iran, Mohammad Nourizad, a filmmaker, journalist and prisoner of conscience currently on furlough, provided details about his own case as well as the abuse of other prisoners. “I saw a young man who...
by Sadra | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog
Since 2003, 17 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience have died while in custody in Iranian prisons allegedly due to torture, medical neglect, and misconduct of prison authorities. Six of the prisoners were detained and died after the 2009 election and the...
