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 […]
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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 […]
Head of Iran’s Prisons Organization Threatened Kasra Nouri to Change His Place of Detention
Head of Iran’s prisons organization threatened Kasra Nouri, imprisoned Dervish rights activist in Shiraz’s Nezam prison to change his place of detention if he continues his hunger strike.According to Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri who is now on 18th day of a mass indefinite hunger strike which has started along with eight imprisoned Dervishes in […]
Kasra Nouri in the Fourteenth Day of Hunger Strike Suffering from a Speech Disorder
Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website who is being held in Shiraz’s Nezam prison, in the fourteenth day of Dervishes mass hunger strike was suffering from a speech disorder and physical weakness. It is for the third time in the last year that he has started a […]
Reporters Without Borders: Lives of detained Sufi journalists in the balance
They began a hunger strike on 31 August in protest against prison conditionsReporters Without Borders is very worried about the many journalists and netizens who continue to be detained despite suffering serious ailments, and condemns the lack of adequate medical treatment in the prisons where they are held. There is currently a […]
Jailed Dervishes in Tehran’s Evin and Shiraz’s Nezam Prisons Join Mass Hunger Strike
Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes, Amir Eslami, Mostafa Abdi, Omid Behroozi and Kasra Nouri have joined in Dervishes mass hunger strike from today, Saturday,15th of Shahrivar 1393 (September 6, 2014).According to Majzooban Noor, by joining these four Dervishes, nine imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes are now on hunger strike in Evin prison in Tehran and Nezam prison in […]
Kasra Nouri Transferred Back to Nezam Prison
Imprisoned Dervish rights activist and a reporter for the news website Majzooban Noor, Kasra Nouri was transferred back to Shiraz’s Nezam prison.Based on the report by Majzooban Noor, Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nouri was transferred back from Adel Abad Prison to Nezam Prison in Shiraz yesterday on Saturday, 31 Khordad 1393(June 21, 2014). Since a […]
Kasra Nouri Is Denied Visitation Rights
Imprisoned Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri has been deprived of “his most basic right” of visiting his family since his transfer back to Shiraz’s Adel-Abad prison.According to a report by Majzooban Noor, after Kasra Nouri was moved from Nezam prison to Adel-Abad prison as a venue for his university exams, his family attempted to […]
Kasra Nouri Transferred Again to Adel-Abad Prison
Dervish rights activist, Kasra Nouri was transferred from Nezam Prison to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-west Iran due to university examinations.According to a report by Majzooban Noor Kasra Nouri was moved to Adel-Abad prison as a venue for university exams while based on criteria specified, prisoner should not be taken for examination to […]
Mohammad Nourizad Released in Tehran Airport and Returned to Shiraz
The Post from Mohammad Nourizad and his return story (by force) from Shiraz to Tehran Mohammad Nourizad is the well known opposition party who travels other cities in order to visit prisoners families. Hi Ms. Alinezhad“This is Mohammad Nourizad. I do not have access to my facebook page. I’m sending this text to you […]