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Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization
AUGUST 18, 2020
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies
AUGUST 18, 2020
Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
AUGUST 12, 2020
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LATEST NEWS
Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence
AUGUST 24, 2020
Keyvan
Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran
journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must report to Evin
Prison to begin serving a three-year prison sentence for his peaceful
activism and reporting. On August 21, Samimi posted a screenshot of an
electronic summons from …
Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization
AUGUST 18, 2020
New
Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two
Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security”
Cases Imprisoned human rights attorney Payam Derafshan is in poor health
and in need of hospitalization, his lawyer Saeed Dehghan informed the
Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) …
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies
AUGUST 18, 2020
Arrest
of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike
in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of
imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested at her home
in Tehran on August 17, 2020, and detained in order to force her …
Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
AUGUST 12, 2020
Prominent
Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began
a hunger strike on August 11, 2020, to demand the release of political
prisoners threatened by the COVID-19 virus, which has spread in Tehran’s
Evin Prison. “With …
New Conviction against Imprisoned Labor Leader Upheld to Keep Him Behind Bars
AUGUST 11, 2020
Jafar
Azimzadeh Should Have Been Released, Instead Given Another 13 Months
Now Activist Has Contracted COVID-19 in Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons The
prominent labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, who should have been released
from prison in February 2020 as part of a broad state-issued pardon and
who has since …
Political Prisoners in Iran Contracting COVID-19 at Alarming Rate
AUGUST 11, 2020
Twelve
Test Positive, Many Others with Symptoms, None Receiving Proper
Treatment Prominent Labor Activists, Lawyer and Journalist Among Those
Falling Ill August 11, 2020—Political prisoners in Iran—including
prominent labor leaders Esmail Abdi and Jafar Azimzadeh, the human
rights attorney Amirsalar Davouudi, the journalist Majid Azarpey …
Strikes Break Out in Iran’s Critical Oil Industry Amid Continuing Labor Unrest
AUGUST 4, 2020
New
Fact Sheet Highlights Widespread Rights Abuses, Protests Likely to
Continue August 4, 2020—With workers in Iran’s critical oil refining,
petrochemicals and drilling industries striking in southern Iran over
working conditions and unpaid wages since July 31, and sugar mill
workers in Khuzestan Province protesting unpaid wages since …
Death Sentences for Five Men Upheld Despite Allegations of Torture, False Confessions
JULY 31, 2020
Evidence
Contradicting Guilt Ignored in Effort to Cover Up Security Forces’
Culpability July 31, 2020—Death sentences against five men arrested in
Isfahan Province, central Iran, in connection with nationwide protests
during December 2017-January 2018, have been upheld by the Supreme
Court, a source with knowledge about …
UN Press Release: Bachelet Alarmed by Threats against Prominent Iranian NGO
JULY 30, 2020
Farsi
Version (PDF) GENEVA (30 July 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said today she was alarmed by the
Iranian Government’s increased pressure on a prominent civil society
group working on poverty and social protection, and the arrest of its
founding …
LATEST TWEETS
@ICHRI The husband of imprisoned #Iran human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh says she has lost 6 kilos as of the 17th day… https://t.co/6ADiSWtd1eabout 18 hours ago
@ICHRI Mehdi Rajabian–who has already been imprisoned twice in #Iran on charges relating to his music–is now facing tria… https://t.co/UxqX9ekopzabout 20 hours ago
@ICHRI
RT @hadighaemi: .@drninaansary: “That there even is a Women’s Equality
Day in the 21st century is something for all of us to take note
of,…about a day ago
FACTSHEET SPOTLIGHT
The
plight of workers continues to prompt unrest in Iran. Independent
unions aren’t recognized, labor leaders and activists are imprisoned,
workers face chronically unpaid wages, and there is widespread
discrimination and child labor.
AART, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
Designer Amir Taghi Donates Net Proceeds from Mask Sales to Center for Human Rights in Iran
JUNE 30, 2020
“They Want to Create Fear” More Artists Summoned to Prison Amid Iran’s Rising COVID-19 Death Toll
MARCH 12, 2020
Interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: Iranian Art in the Shadow of a Crackdown
DECEMBER 9, 2019
CENTER SPOTLIGHT
List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights
A panel discussion by the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative
Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran?
Artwork on human rights themes
GIFs and posters of political prisoners to download and share.
The Impact of sanctions on Iranians’ economic and social rights.
CHRI’s articles, videos and groundbreaking reports on disabilities rights in Iran.
CHRI’s exhibition in NYC featuring the works of prominent Iranian-American artists.
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