Imprisoned blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has stopped taking his medication in order to protest the prison authorities’ refusal to allow him to be...
Sotoudeh Banned From Visiting Family for Refusing to Wear Chador
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been banned from having visitations with her family for three weeks. Expressing surprise...
Weekly Rights Podcast 38
In this week’s Weekly Rights Podcast: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran presents his findings on human rights abuses at...
Fear of Physical and Psychological Pressure on Journalist Inside IRGC’s Ward 2-A
A month after his arrest, judicial authorities informed the family of detained journalist Amir Ali Allamehzadeh that he is held in a solitary cell...
UN Report Documents Iran’s Human Rights Crisis
(15 October 2011) The Iranian government should immediately allow access to the UN appointed Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed to address Iran’s...
The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran – Report of the Secretary-General
Summary The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly solution 65/226, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General...
“My Father Was Charged With Helping The Baha’i University”
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Naim Sobhani, son of Riaz Sobhani, an Iranian Baha’i imprisoned at Evin...
Prisoner of Conscience Brutally Flogged for Insulting Ahmadinejad
Just a few minutes before his release from prison on Sunday, 9 October, student activist Payman Aref received 74 lashes on the charge of insulting...
E-Letter: Urge Iran to Address the Country’s Human Rights Situation
فارسی >>Click here to send an e-letter in ENGLISH >>Click here to send an e-letter in FARSI Background Send an e-letter to Iran’s...
“Bird of Freedom”: Detained Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Present to Her Husband
Nasrin Sotoudeh incarcerated human rights activist, dedicated this "bird of freedom" to her husband Reza Khandan on the occasion of their wedding...