April 13, 2011: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Represent Imprisoned Colleague at Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information...
Deceased Political Prisoner’s Wife Will Not Pursue Cause of Death In Order to Avoid Threats
There has still been no official announcement made of political prisoner Hossein Domekhchi’s cause of death, twelve days after his body was...
Arrests and Abuse Ayatollah Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s Followers in Mashad
Arrests and Abuse Ayatollah Kazemeini Boroujerdi’s Followers in Mashad
Increasing Pressure Placed on Political Prisoners
In recent months, Iranian judicial authorities have imposed numerous limitations on some political prisoners’ phone call use, family visitation...
Inmate’s Letter Exposes Inhumane Conditions and Secret Executions in Mashad Prison
No Steps Taken by Judiciary to Address Gross Violations of International Standards (8 April 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in...
Arseh Sevom’s Civil Society Zine: As Strong As Our Signal
*Please note, this piece was originally written for and published in issue 1 of Arseh Sevom's new zine "The Civil Society Magazine." This first...
Video: Birthday Greetings to Bahareh Hedayat from Around the World
Thanks very much to Amnesty and the Free Bahareh Campaign for the amazing footage.
Join the Free Bahareh Campaign
لینک متن فارسی “We have been pressured and pummeled but have neither broken nor bent. We have stood firmly, but with anxious and broken hearts, we...
Bahareh Hedayat, Iranian Women Activist: “A Woman of Thirty” in Prison
By Elahe Amani The 1932 work of French novelist Balzac, “A Woman of Thirty” (Une Femme de Trente Ans), is the story of a spirited woman during the...
Mail a Birthday Card to Imprisoned Activist, Bahareh Hedayat
April 5 marks the 30th birthday of Ms. Bahareh Hedayat, an imprisoned journalist and student activist who has been sentenced to 9.5 years prison on...