Raids in houses of persons involved with human rights in Iran direct suspicions towards an action orchastrated by the regime in Iran.When Nasrin Sotoudehs family returned from a familial funeral on Friday, 27th of December 2013 they found the door to their apartment broken, lockers and closets dumped any anything of value disappeared. Reza […]
Tag: human rights defenders
List of human rights defenders behind bars
Human rights defenders, including lawyers, women’s rights defenders, trade unionists and activists working to protect ethnic and religious minorities, are in a very precarious situation in Iran.Among those detained are the following members of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), one of the two FIDH member-organisations in Iran: Mohammad Seifzadeh, Abdolfattah Soltaniand Mohammad […]
Pressure against human rights defenders continues
While international relationships between Iran and western countries have been warming up, progress on human rights remains to be seen. Dozens of human rights defenders continue to serve prison sentences and dozens of others are awaiting court decisions in retaliation for their human rights work. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, […]
Karim Lahidji: Iran is one of the largest prisons in the world for human rights defenders
Interview with Karim Lahidji, FIDH vice-president and president of the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) on Presidential Elections in Iran June 2013 FIDH: The United Nations Human Rights Council renewed in March the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. What does […]