This action is no longer active. Click HERE to access the e-Letter Background The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established by resolution...
Ebadi and Prominent International Organizations Call for Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
(1 October 2010) Nobel Peace Laureate and Iranian lawyer, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for...
Former Ebadi Staffer Sentenced to Two Years In Prison
Jinous Sobhani, former secretary of Defenders of Human Rights Center was sentenced to two years in prison. She was convicted of “acting against...
Mounting Pressure on Political Activists: Seven Members of Freedom Movement Arrested
A group of political activists and members of the Freedom Movement of Iran, including the group’s Secretary General, Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi, were...
Sotoudeh Threatened to Drop Case of Colleague
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained a copy of a letter Reza Khandan, wife of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, wrote to Tehran’s...
Weekly Rights Podcast 12
Click here to listen to the podcast: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/09/podcast-12/
Astronomical Bail Keeps Journalist (Hengameh Shahidi) In Prison
Journalist Hengameh Shahidi’s mother, Nahid Kermanshahi, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the $600,000 bail set for her...
Forced Media Blackout for Prisoner Families
September 24, 2010 Following the summons of journalist and human rights activist Abdolreza Tajik’s sister, an informed source close to the Tajik...
Ahmad Ghabel Arrested For Revealing Vakilabad Mass Executions, Says Wife
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Marzieh Pasdar, wife of imprisoned religious scholar Ahmad Ghabel, said...
Mourning Mothers Request Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release to Attend Father’s Funeral
Only a few days after her arrest, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s father passed away in the intensive care unit of a hospital. Summoned for some “explanations” to...