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May 20
Security Forces Prevented “National Front” from Holding Annual Meeting
The security forces made phone calls and threatened to arrest the members of the National Front, prevented the meeting of their Central Council to take place.
May 20
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.
May 17
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 …
May 17
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.
May 17
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 …
May 06
“Why Did I Go to Prison for Four Years, Mr. Zarif?”
Formerly Imprisoned Journalists Challenge Iran Foreign Minister’s Remarks to Charlie Rose
May 06
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.
May 06
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.
Apr 29
Managing Editor of Banned Women’s Publication Hopes for Reversal of Decision
Iran’s Press Oversight Committee has decided to suspend publication of Iran’s premier women’s magazine, Zanan-e Emrooz [Today’s Women], and forward its case for prosecution to the Iranian Judiciary.