Middle East
Publisher: International Campaign for Human Rights
20 Dec 2014
Imprisoned Lawyer Denied Urgently Needed Medical Treatment
Despite the severely deteriorating health of imprisoned Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, the Tehran Prosecutor refuses to grant him permission to receive medical care outside the prison, due to the prominent lawyer s steadfastness about his beliefs, Soltani s daughter told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Maedeh Soltani told the Campaign that her father suffers from heart disease and fluctuations in blood pressure, and that requests for his transfer to a hospital have been denied for the past month.
Publisher: The Washington Post
11 Dec 2014
Detention taking ‘devastating toll’ on Post reporter locked up in Iran
Almost five months after Rezaian s still-unexplained arrest, family members say conditions in Iran s Evin prison are taking a fearsome toll on the 38-year-old Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post. But even worse than the physical discomforts, they say, are the psychological effects from near-total isolation and uncertainty over how long the ordeal will last. The uncertainty deepened further Sunday withIran s announcement that formal charges - still unspecified - have been filed
Publisher: BBC
17 Nov 2014
Iran disbars ex-Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi
A hard-line former chief prosecutor of Tehran has been disbarred and banned for five years from all positions in the Iranian government. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling which found that Saeed Mortazavi ordered the torture of at least three protesters who died in custody in 2009. He rejected the accusations. Until his trial last year, he was head of Iran's social welfare organisation. Mr Mortazavi, 46, has been fiercely criticised by reformists. He played a dominant role in the judiciary from 2003 when he was appointed chief prosecutor general Tehran until 2009, when the government put down student protests against the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Publisher: Fox News
31 Oct 2014
Persecution, torture, murder: Iran blasted on human rights ahead of UN hearing
On the eve of Iran's defense of its human rights record Friday before a key United Nations panel, a lawyer for the woman executed in the Islamic Republic over the weekend for allegedly killing her attempted rapist accused the regime of widespread torture and murder. "Because Reyhaneh Jabbari's case created a lot of attention inside and outside of Iran, a lot of people tried to save Reyhaneh Jabbari, but because of the power of Iran, on Saturday, they hanged her," Iranian Human Rights Attorney Mohammed Mostafaei.
Publisher: HRANA
30 Oct 2014
Negar Haeri was beaten in the prison of Shahre Rey
Negar Haeri, political prisoner in prison of Shahre Rey (Qarchak, Varamin), was beaten. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Negar Haeri who has been detained since July this year and was transferred to the prison of Shahre Rey (Qarchak, Varamin), on Monday 27th October was beaten by the ordinary prisoners of this prison. One of her relatives told HRANA's reporter: "Ordinary and criminal prisoners of Qarchak prison has beaten Negar Haeri following direct orders by prison officials."
Publisher: Free Beacon
27 Oct 2014
Iran Amputating Limbs, Burning Political Opponents
Iran executed a record-shattering 411 citizens in the first half of 2014 and a total of 852 people in the last 15 months, including at least eight juveniles, according to a new United Nations report that will be introduced to the organization's General Assembly Tuesday. In addition to a surge in state-sanctioned killings that a U.N. official referred to as "shocking," Iran continues to torture imprisoned individuals using techniques such as amputation, electroshock, flogging, and burnings, according to the report, which details human rights in the Islamic Republic.
Publisher: Iran Human Rights
20 Aug 2014
Political Prisoners at Evin Transferred into Quarantine without Explanation
Twenty-seven political prisoners have been transferred from Evin Prison s Ward 350 to quarantine, where they are now being held in conditions tantamount to clear and serious ill treatment. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Atieh Taheri, the wife of Saeed Matinpour, who is an Azeri journalist and civil activist and one of the prisoners transferred into quarantine, reported that Matinpour believes the transfer will last for some time. In a brief phone conversation with his wife, Matinpour said no reason had been given for the sudden transfer of prisoners from this ward.
Publisher: Rooz Online
13 May 2014
The Smell of Blood Was Everywhere
We all know that many men and women have been the victims of the excesses of the first decade of the life of the Islamic republic in the 1980s. They learned of the regime and its nature through the horrendous and frightful excesses and transgressions of people like Evin Prison s butcher Lajevardi and "brother Hamid." And despite the passage of two decades, these victims continue to suffer from the pain that was inflicted on them and their soul then. This pain manifests itself and even explodes with the slightest trigger. It oozes out pain and suffering, and in some cases throws itself on the walls of Ward 350 of Evin Prison today. This is the place where torture, beatings and violence of all forms rules. The perpetrators of this violence are the "brothers" and pseudo religious men who have not been quenched even after their thirty plus years of blood sucking.
Publisher: Persian2English
27 Apr 2014
Iranian Activist Reports on First Prison Visit Since Ward 350 Attack + Denial of Iranian Authorities
Some of the prisoners of conscience who Iranian security agents brutally attacked in Evin s Ward 350 were granted prison visits with their families on Monday. More than a hundred supporters including activists Narges Mohammadi, Mohammad Maleki, Mohammad Nourizad, and Arash Sadeghi were reported to have accompanied the families. Following the prison visit Sadeghi published the text below on his Facebook profile. Sadeghi was released from prison in summer 2013 after global campaigns and pressures from human rights bodies and international authorities.
Publisher: rudaw
4 Feb 2014
Kurdish Prisoner in Iran Who Sewed His Lips Tells Story in Rare Interview
My worst days were when tens of my cellmates were executed at once, and also when I heard that my mother had passed away, he said by mail correspondence with Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist living in London. Nazari, who is jailed at the Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj and says he has not been outside of prison for nearly 20 years, told Alinejad: "I was at my sister's in Bukan when I was arrested (in 1994) and later sentenced to death... in a stagy and speedy trial without a lawyer." He was just 23 at the time of his arrest.
Publisher: Hrana
2 Feb 2014
A political prisoner is taken back from hospital to prison
Publisher: Hrana
27 Jan 2014
The authorities deny Farzad Madadzadeh’s freedom
Farzad Madadzadeh, who had spent his 5 years imprisonment sentence without any furlough, is confronted with prevention from being released. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Farzad Madadzadeh, the political prisoner of hall number 12 of Rajaei Shahr prison of Karaj who was supposed to be released on January 23, is confronted with authorities prevention.
Publisher: Persian2English
21 Jan 2014