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Tag: political prisoners
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Iranian Activist Farhad Meysami Fights for Demands Through Hunger Strike
If you have been following the news in Iran, you may have come across the harrowing picture of a man with a shaved head,…
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The Islamic Republic is using Imprisoned Dual Citizens as Bargaining Chips
The request of the United States for the release of dual-national prisoners on the sideline of the nuclear talks with Iran cannot replace the…
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What will 2022 be Like for Iran?
The year 2022 can a critical year for Iran, one of the most populated counties in the Middle East is facing increasing economic challenges,…
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Heavy Sentence for Lawyer Investigating Police Brutality
Iranian lawyer, Mohammad Najafi, has been sentenced to ten years in jail for “assisting hostile governments by participating in interviews with foreign media”. Najafi…
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Protesting his Wife’s Detention, the Husband of Prominent Iranian Lawyer Beaten
Iranian security forces attacked a group who were protesting the arrest of Iranian prominent human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh including her husband, Reza Khandan.…
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Iran Arrests Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iranian security forces arrested prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh at her home on 13 June. She was taken to Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.
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No Promise of Release for Detained Dual British Citizen in Iran
One year after the arrest of Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari in Iran, British government once more urged the Islamic Republic authorities to release her.…
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Iranian Authorities are Destroying one Political Prisoner’s Medical Records
The plight of Arash Sadeghi, jailed Iranian political activist has further intensified with reports that his medical file inside Evin Prison is missing. Sadeghi…
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Increasing Concern for Health of Jailed Rights Lawyer, Dissident Cleric in Iran
Iranian human right lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been languishing in jail over two thousand days, is in grave health condition. Meanwhile Mohammadreza Nekonam,…
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UN urges action for Iranian prisoners of conscience on hunger strike
Asma Jahangir, UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran and two other UN Rapporteurs have issued a statement expressing concern over the prolonged hunger…
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Jailed children rights activist refuses to end hunger strike in Iranian prison
Saeed Shirzad, Iranian activist and member of Society against Child Labour has been on hunger strike for 29 days.
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More than 50 days on hunger strike; Iranian political prisoners are slowly dying
As the number of political prisoners on hunger strikes are increasing in Iranian prisons, three prisoners who have been on hunger strike for the…