The 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, who heads Center for Human Rights Defenders in Iran, was interviewed by International Campaign for Human...
Shiva Nazarahari’s Mother: “Release My Daughter, She is Innocent!”
4 Feb 2010 Shahrzad Kariman, mother of imprisoned human rights activist Shiva Nazarahari who was arrested on 20 December 2009, told the...
How Shirin Holy’s Confessions Led to a Death Penalty: “Description of pressures put on me during my arrest”
Recently, Shirin Alam Holi, a Kurdish political activist was sentenced to death. In the indictment, her confession to having connections with the...
Jan 23-24: Pictures & Video from Vigils for Neda’s Birthday / Mourning Mothers
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27 Balloons: Neda Agha-Soltan’s 27th Birthday (Video & Translation)
Over the Jan 23-24 weekend, dozens of cities came together to commemorate what would have been Neda Agha-Soltan’s 27th birthday. Individuals made...
Death Sentence Issued for Female Kurdish Political Prisoner
20 Kurdish Political Prisoners at Risk of Execution following Unfair Trials According to Kurdish human rights organizations, at least 20 political...
No Information About Detained Women’s Rights Activist
Hundreds of Detainees in Similar Situation, Disappeared into Prisons “Starred Student” was Blacklisted from Graduate Studies for her Peaceful...
Shirin Ebadi’s sister is released after 17 days
Shirin Ebadi’s sister is released after 17 days Dr. Nooshin Ebadi, sister of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, who had been arrested by security...
Shirin Ebadi on the Bahais
Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today that if the Iranian...
Update: Mourning Mothers Released
(13 January 2010) All members of the Mourning Mothers who were detained in Laleh Park in Tehran on Saturday, 9 January, have been gradually...