May 2015 archive

A Report about the Status of Mohammad Amin Abdullahi, Exiled Political Prisoner

 Mohammad Amin Abdullahi, political prisoner and resident of Boukan, has been deprived from the right of family visit after being exiled to Tabas prison.

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Ali Moezzi Faces New Charges in a Trial without His Lawyer

The lawyer of Ali Moezzi was prevented from reviewing his case.

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Noise Waves Increased Enormously in Rajai Shahr Prison

 Increasing the number of jamming devices in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj and waves’ intensification, has caused the prisoners headaches and dizziness, which has led to their protest. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), these devices which are used to disrupt prisoners’ communications, recently, have increased significantly in …

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Omid Alishenas and Aso Rostami Refused to Attend the Court Session

Omid Alishenas and Aso Rostami, two political prisoners at Evin prison, were not sent to the court, as they refused to wear prison clothes.

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Zia Nabavi Sent to Furlough

 Zia Nabavi, student activist, was sent to a four-day leave from prison. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Zia Nabavi, starred student and spokesman for the Council to Defending the Right to Education, in the morning of Monday, 11th May, went on leave for four days from Semnan …

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“Why Did I Go to Prison for Four Years, Mr. Zarif?”

Formerly Imprisoned Journalists Challenge Iran Foreign Minister’s Remarks to Charlie Rose

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JOURNALIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST NARGES MOHAMMADI ARRESTED

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the arrest of Narges Mohammadi, a journalist who works closely with Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and acts as spokesperson of the Centre for Human Rights Defenders, an organisation founded by Ebadi that was arbitrarily banned in Iran in 2006.

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Iran : Continued harassment of trade-unionists ahead of International Labour Day

Paris-Geneva, April 30, 2015 – On the eve of the International Labour Day 2015, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) deplore the ongoing harassment of trade-unionists in Iran.

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