The pressure, threats, and arrests of members of Iran’s film industry that began immediately following the 2009 presidential election has been...
Statement from Austrian Foreign Ministry: Stop the violence against women in the Middle East
Original in German | Source in English Plassnik: Stop the violence against women in the Middle East! Special Envoy on the latest form of violence...
Prominent Female Journalist in Evin Prison’s Methadone Ward
A source close to imprisoned journalist Hengameh Shahidi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Shahidi spent her 36th...
Iran Must Immediately Account for Al Jazeera Reporter Deported From Syria
No Justification for Dorothy Parvaz’s Detention in Iran No Word after Deportation and Two Weeks of Detention Photo credit: Al Jazeera (12 May 2011)...
Bahare Alavi, Missed but Not Forgotten
Today, devastating news reached the human rights community with the sad passing of Ms. Bahareh Alavi, a human rights activist and member of the One...
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...
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...
Maz Jobrani Sends Birthday Message to Bahareh Hedayat
Iranian American comedian Maz Jobrani, best known for the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, sent a birthday message to imprisoned student activist to...