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Tag: human rights activists
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Civil Activists Arrested in Iran
Civil activist couple Keyvan Mohtadi and Anisha Asadollahi, active writers and translators, were arrested by security agents at their Tehran home on Monday, May…
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Iranian authorities dragged a writer to prison for writing an unpublished story
Iranian intelligence authorities broke the apartment door of writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, raided her apartment and took her by force…
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Jailed blogger starts hunger strike against prison transfer
Officials in the Saudi judiciary have transferred jailed blogger Raif Badawi to another prison, and his wife reports that her husband is protesting the…
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Family fears for jailed activist denied treatment
Evin Prison authorities refuse to allow jailed human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi to be hospitalized despite recommendations from neurologists. The Human Rights Defenders Centre…
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Female activists meet to protest Mohammadi’s arrest, women’s problems
In an initiative by the Association of Women Citizens, a group of Iranian women calling themselves the “Friends of Nargess Mohammadi” gathered at the…
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Rights activist, Nargess Mohammadi arrested
Nargess Mohammadi, the deputy head of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders Centre, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison on Tuesday May 5. The Human…