Zeynab Bayazidi was arrested on the 9th of July and subsequently sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in exile under charges of belonging to an illegal organization (the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization) and for her involvement in the One Million Signatures …
Posted in Activism, Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Women | Comments Off on Statement demands review of sentence against imprisoned journalistHuman Rights Watch has released a 42-page report titled, “Freedom of Expression and Association in the Kurdish Regions”. The report: [D]ocuments how Iranian authorities use security laws, press laws, and other legislation to arrest and prosecute Iranian Kurds solely for …
Posted in Free speech, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Reports, Suppression | Comments Off on New HRW Report on Iran's repression of KurdsAccording to Khalil Bahramian, the lawyer for the imprisoned Farzad Kamangar, new facts have been revealed that prove his client’s innocence, and as such requires Kamangar’s immediate release from prison, reports Iran’s Human Rights Voice. Khalil Bahramian, the lawyer representing …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners, Trials | Tagged Farzad Kamangar | Comments Off on New facts unearthed in Kamangar's caseThe Ministry of Intelligence and the security deputy of the Revolutionary Prosecutor’s office rejected a request by Mohammad-Sedigh Kaboodvand to seek medical treatment outside of the prison system. The request was supposed to be reviewed and approved by the prison …
Posted in Discrimination, Health, Iran, Journalists | Tagged Kaboudvand | Comments Off on Ministry of Intelligence refuses treatment request for KaboudvandAccording to the Mukerian News Agency: Two Kurdish residents of the city of Mahabad, Hyman Sufi and Jalal Sufi, were sentenced to jail terms by the Revolutionary Court in this city. Both are residents of nearby villages and they are …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Trials | Comments Off on Two Kurds sentenced to imprisonment in MahabandFrom Human Rights Activists in Iran: Sabah Nasari and Hedayat Ghazali, two Kurdish students attending universities in Tehran, were released a few hours ago, after serving an 18 months sentence, from the Evin Prison. Sabah Nasari, a graduate student in …
Posted in Iran, Journalists, Political Prisoners, Suppression | Comments Off on Two student activists released from prisonAccording to a report by Iran Human Rights Voice, Farzad Kamangar, a Kurdish teacher who was sentenced to death in Iran, was transferred from Ward 209 in Evin prison, to Ward 4 in Karaj’s Rajaeishahr prison. The ward is reserved …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Farzad Kamangar transferred to ward with contagious prisonersMohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, an imprisoned journalist and human rights activist, is currently serving an 11 year sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison under the ambiguous charge of “acting against national interestâ€. Kaboudvand has suffered two heart attacks while in prison, …
Posted in Health, Iran, Journalists, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Ailing Kaboudvand enters hunger strike to protest lack of medical treatment