Mother of Kasra Nouri, prisoner of conscience that after passing more than four years in prison still his demand for the application of Article 134 of the new Penal Code has not been granted said to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran; “we applied this new article for Kasra at the early […]
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Four Gonabadi Dervish Lawyers Released from Prison
Hours ago, 4 of lawyers and rights activists of Gonabadi dervishes after more than four years, were released from prison.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, Afshin Karampour, Farshid Yadoullahei, Amir Eslami, and Omid Behroozi have been released when the sentence of imprisonment of seven and half had changed into three and half in jail […]
Statement of 6 Jailed Dervishes Expressing concern regarding the Justice System’s Interference in Prisoners’ Medical Treatment
Following the critical conditions of 3 captive Gonabadi Dervishes who were recently transferred back to prison without medical discharge based on the justice department’s orders, 6 of captive dervishes have issued a statement.According to Majzooban Noor, 6 of Human Rights activists in Evin and Nezam Shiraz prisons have issued a statement in protest to […]
Afshin Karampour’s Medical Care Also Unfinished, Transfer of Three Dervishes’ Rights Activists to Prison in Less than One Week
Afshin Karampour, also, has been returned to the jail following the command of the prosecutor of Tehran; so, the trend of his medical care has been incomplete. Thus, less than one week three jailed activists of dervishes’ rights without any medical discharges have been sent back to prison, respectively.A report by Majzooban Noor […]
Afshin Karampour Transferred to Hospital
Afshin Karampour, lawyer and human rights activist of dervishes confined in prison, after a period of treatment interruption, has been hospitalized in order to follow up the condition of illness.The mentioned Gonabadi dervish who has been suffering from the spinal stenosis and also cervical and lumbar disc, after a few months of interruption of […]
Regime in Iran creates law against mystic groups
A new law has been enacted by the Parliament in Teheran, which needs to be discussed on terms of the degree of penalty. The general points of the project to confront” the deviated groups” was deliberated and confirmed in the assembly of the Cultural Commission belonging to the Majles in Iran. in May 2014. According […]
EPP Group Call to the release of nine Gonabadi Dervishes in Iran
” I am deeply concerned about the condition of nine imprisoned Dervishes who are members of the Nematollahi-Gonbadi-Order in Iran. A month ago, the Dervishes went into a hunger strike in response to the ongoing suppression of members of the Iranian-Muslim- Sufi- citizens (the Dervishes) in Iran. The dervishes only interrupted their hunger strike […]
October 2014 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (mentioning Gonabadi Dervishes)
The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed. Submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 25/24 to the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in October 2014. The Special Rapporteur submits the present report pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution. He […]
Gonabadi Dervishes and Civil Disobedience
In an analytical essay entitled “Gonabadi Dervishes and Civil Disobedience”, Tavana website focuses on the dervishes’ sufferings and consequent protests, drawing upon the ideas of Farhad Nouri, the editor-in-chief of Majzooban Noor website, and Ammar Maleki, a researcher in political sciences. Tavana website introduces itself as an electronic training platform for Iranian civil society […]
The Imprisoned Dervishes Stopped Hunger Strike and Announced this in a Letter; Congratulations to Brothers Who Are our Friends and Brothers Who Are Opposed to Us on the Eid.
According to Majzooban Noor, on the eve of Eid al-Adha (feast of the sacrifice), the imprisoned Dervishes announced the end of their hunger strike saying “We do not want to make our brothers and sisters, who are all members of one soul, to suffer even more”. Part of their letter reads: “The security-oriented […]