Prisoners

Amnesty International: 'Iran must release or try US hikers held without charge for a year'

The human rights group Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three US nationals who have been detained without charge or trial for a year.

Journalist Issa Saharkhiz sentenced to 15 months in prison & barred from journalism

A court has sentenced reformist journalist Issa Saharkhiz to fifteen months in prison and has barred him from journalism.

Post-Election Protester’s Death Sentence Upheld; Re-Trial Denied By Supreme Court

A post-election protester’s death sentence has been upheld in an appeals court in Tehran, according to his lawyer. Jafar Kazemi’s lawyer, Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her client’s sentence has been upheld and that Branch 31 of the Supreme Court has also turned down a re-trial request.

HRW: Release and Provide Urgent Medical Care to Jailed Activist

The Iranian Judiciary should provide urgent medical care to Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand and free him from his unfair detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Kaboudvand, a leading advocate of Kurdish rights in Iran, is serving an 11-year sentence on politically motivated charges.

FIDH calls for end to mistreatment of Baha'is

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has expressed its "deep concern regarding the ongoing repression and intimidation against members of the Baha’i religious minority," and has called upon international intervention in the case of Ms Rozita Vaseghi, whose situation is considered to be very serious.

Following mistreatment and solitary confinement

16 political prisoners go on hunger strike in Evin prison

The names of sixteen political prisoners on hunger strike in Evin priosn have been released. The prisoners’ hunger strike is in response to their transfer from Evin prison’s ward 350 to solitary confinements in ward 240.

'Bahareh Hedayat’s Defense Went Unnoticed – She Received the Maximum Sentence,' Says Lawyer

The nine year prison sentence for student activist Bahareh Hedayat was recently upheld by an appeals court in Tehran.

Saharkhiz’s Letter, Activists’ Disappearance

With the disappearance of one civil and political activist, one lawyer and the arrest of his family members, a new round of oppression has begun in Iran, showcasing the judicial and security officials’ utter disregard for the law.

Amnesty International: 'Iran must end harassment of stoning case lawyer'

Amnesty International has urged the Iranian authorities to stop harassing human rights lawyers amid continuing uncertainty over the whereabouts of the defence counsel in a recent controversial stoning case and the arrest of two of his relatives.

Abdolreza Tajik: Sexual assault in prison

Abdolreza Tajik, a journalist and member of the member of the Human Rights Defenders Centre, has been the victim of mistreatment since his arrest on 12 June. Relatives say that when they visited him for the first time in Evin prison on 14 July, he told them he had been victim of violence in the presence of the Tehran deputy prosecutor general during his first night in prison.