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 […]
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The Judiciary and the Prisons Organization are responsible for the lives of inmates
Shirin Ebadi, in her report for Farvardin 1392 [March-April 2013] on the human rights situation in Iran:The Judiciary and the Prisons Organization are responsible for the lives of inmates In her latest monthly report, Shirin Ebadi, human rights defender and winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, has reviewed the human rights situation in […]
Official’s jailed daughter slams prisons in letter
Faezeh Hashemi, the jailed daughter of the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, has published a letter criticizing the management of the country’s prisons, writing: “They cannot take away the tools of the political prisoner; if their thoughts and their pens could be controlled, Mohammadreza Pahlavi [Iran’s last monarch] would […]
His Holiness Mahboub Ali Shah Memorial In Evin And Adel Abad Prisons
The imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes’s lawyers and administrators of Majzooban Noor website ( Nematollahi Gonabadi Order News Site ), held a Memorial ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of one of the “Nematollahi Gonabadi order’s Qutb” ( poles ) in section 350 of Evin prison yesterday on Mordad 5, 1391 ( Jul 26, 2012 ).
The Children of Prisons
The deputy of Management and Expansion of Prisons stated that currently 70 children live in prisons because their mothers are imprisoned.
A Report On Poor Health Situation Of Gonabadi Dervishes In Prisons Of All Over The Country
The reports on the health care situation of Gonabadi dervishes are such that they are deprived of minimum facilities and even not allowed to visit specialist doctors.
Golestan prison official says prisons do not have enough room for high numbers of prisoners in provi
The head of Golestan Prison and Rehabilitation Organization said that there was a severe lack of space in Golestan’s prisons compared to the high number of prisoners.
Fatal torture ‘widespread’ in Syrian jails
Amnesty International says it has documented the cases of 88 people who have died in Syrian prisons since anti-government protests began in the country.
More than 30 journalists languishing in Iranian prisons
Only in the past year, more than 10 journalists who were previouslyreleased on bail, were jailed after their sentences were finalized…
UN Special Rapporteur Should Visit Iranian Prisons
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai said that despite statements made by the Prosecutor General last week, his wife, actress Marzieh Vafamehr, who was arrested more than a month ago for acting a role in the documentary “My Tehran For Sale,” has […]