Tag: Issues

Radio Zamaneh: Gonabadi Dervish issues message of faith after gaining freedom

  Mostafa Daneshjoo, a Gonabadi dervish, was released on Monday May 19 after four years in jail.The Majzooban-e Noor website reports that Daneshjoo’s release order was served on him in hospital, where he was under treatment for asthma and pulmonary complications. In a video message, Daneshjoo reacted to his release, saying: “Years of incarceration have […]

U.S. Issues Country Reports On Human Rights Practices (Situation of Dervish Lawyers)

  The U.S. State Department has released its “Country Reports On Human Rights Practices” for 2012, highlighting crackdowns on civil society, struggles for democratic change, and threats to freedom of expression. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presented the reports to the media in Washington on April 19. The document states that “governments continued to […]

Amnesty International Issues Urgent Action for Kouhyar Goudarzi and His Mother

   Kouhyar Goudarzi, a member of the Committee for Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), was arrested on 31 July 2011 in Tehran , Iran , by plainclothes individuals believed to be from the Ministry of Intelligence. His mother , Parvin Mokhtareh, was arrested the next day. They are at risk of torture or other ill treatment.