Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at...
Continued Refusal to Provide Proper Medical Care Risks More Prisoner Deaths March 3, 2022 - The continued denial of proper medical treatment to ailing political and civil rights activists in Iran is...
View ArticleUnprecedented Lawsuit Filed Against Supreme Leader, Top Iranian Officials
Complaint Alleges Gross Negligence in Government’s Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Lawyers Who Filed the Complaint are Facing Prison Time Two lawyers in Iran, Arash Keykhosravi and Mohammad Reza...
View ArticleInterview: Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoners Condemns “Shameful” Acts...
Defense attorney Amirsalar Davoudi was imprisoned in Iran for running a social media channel that provided information to lawyers. Human rights lawyers in Iran are a crucial lifeline for individuals...
View ArticleCivil Disobedience: Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Resists Prison Summons
Growing Civil Society Movement Refuses to Accept Unlawful Rights Violations Longtime human rights defender and former prisoner of conscience Narges Mohammadi is peacefully refusing to report to prison...
View ArticleActivists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who will...
View ArticleSuspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN
Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January 19, 2023 – The UN Fact-Finding...
View ArticleChildren’s Rights Advocates, Mainly Women, Targeted in Crackdown on...
Women Aiding Vulnerable Children Detained As State Broadens Efforts to Crush Movement for Change February 1, 2023 – Women who have devoted their lives to aiding underprivileged and at-risk youth in...
View ArticleAnalysis: Khamenei’s “Pardon” Is a Public Relations Stunt That Cedes No...
Previous Pardons Have Not Been Followed by Actual Prisoner Releases Detained Protesters Assumed Guilty, Must “Apologize” First February 8, 2023 - The announced pardons and sentence reductions for tens...
View ArticleHuman Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Ordered to Report to Prison
Blatant Attempt to Silence Sotoudeh for Outspoken Support for Protesters February 14, 2023 – The human rights activist Reza Khandan, who is the husband of the prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin...
View ArticleJournalists Denied Release from Prison Amid Supreme Leader’s “Pardon” PR Ploy
More than a month has passed since the Iranian government issued a “pardon” for an unverified number of prisoners and detainees following the arrests of tens of thousands of people across the country...
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