by Sadra | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog
The United Nations has appointed Ahmad Shaheed, the former foreign minister of Maldives, as special rapporteur on human rights for Iran. In March, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution calling for such an appointment. The resolution, a joint proposal by the...
by Sadra | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog
On 8 June 2011, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Kiarash Kamrani’s detention in Iran is “arbitrary detention.” The Working Group urged the Iranian government to take the necessary steps to remedy the situation, including the...
by Sadra | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog
An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that journalist and political activist Hengameh Shahidi has been allowed medical leave for the first time in eight months. Shahidi was among the journalists and activists arrested after the...
by Sadra | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, a source close to the family of detained journalist and political activist Farid Salavati said the family has no information about Salavati. “Since the afternoon of 12 June, when security forces...
by Sadra | Jun 20, 2011 | Blog
Watch Charlie Rose’s interview with Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, & Ervand Abrahamian of Baruch College on the current...
