Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in...
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Union Leaders, Human Right Defenders’ Statement of Support for Mansour Ossanlou and Iran’s Workers
We as workers, trade union members, human rights advocates and empathetic individuals are increasingly concerned about the human rights...
Leading Human Rights Lawyer Detained on Spurious Charges
Case Highlights Attack on the Legal Community (24 April 2011) The Iranian Judiciary and Intelligence Ministry should immediately release ...
Rumors of Scheduled Execution for Kurdish Activist are False, Says Lawyer
Reports circulating in late March during Iranian New Year about the imminent execution of Shirkoo Moarefi, a 31-year-old Kurdish political...
Nasrin Sotoudeh Withdraws Appeal Request After Being Told Prison Sentence Would Be Upheld
While lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was being awarded by the PEN American Center, her husband, Reza Khandan, told the...
Top PEN Prize to Honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jailed Iranian Lawyer, Writer, Activist
April 13, 2011: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Represent Imprisoned Colleague at Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information...
BBC: Freed journalist, Maziar Bahari, on the Iranian regime’s ‘information fears’
Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari was held in a Tehran jail for 118 days in 2009. His arrest came as he worked for western media outlets, including...
New York: Conversation with Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi
Tuesday, April 19 · 3:30pm - 5:30pm The New School 66 West 12th Street, Room 404 New York, NY Facebook Page:...
Lawyer Dismissed From Faculty Position for Human Rights Work After 25 Years of Teaching
Mohammad Sharif, a lawyer and professor of law at Allameh Tabatabaee University, was dismissed from his faculty position this week. He spoke with...
Radio Zamaneh: Rights organizations warn against Iranian bill limiting NGOs
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