Student activist, Arash Sadeghi, has been on hunger strike since 1 June 2013 to protest against his ill-treatment in Tehran’s Evin Prison. He has been held without charge and in solitary confinement since his arrest in January 2012. He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment and may be in need of urgent medical care. Continue reading “Iran: Growing fears for hunger striker in Iran: Arash Sadeghi | Amnesty”

The victory of Hassan Rouhani, a 64-year-old cleric, in Iran’s presidential election, presents a new opportunity to address human rights abuses in the country, Amnesty International said today. Continue reading “Iran: New President must deliver on human rights promises | Amnesty”

Media freedom has been crushed and, aside from websites that support the Supreme Leader, Internet access has been blocked, including sites belonging to senior government officials. And to top it all, the authorities are now trying to discourage foreign journalists from coming to Iran. Continue reading “Iran’s Censored Election and Foreign Reporters | REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS”

New York, May 21, 2013–Internet access has slowed, critical websites have been blocked, and several journalists have been summoned back to prison in Iran as the country’s Guardian Council made a key decision today barring two leading candidates from the presidential election. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the broad efforts to deny Iranian citizens information in the run-up to the June vote.

Continue reading “In Iran, news coverage stifled amid election controversy | CPJ”

HRANA News Agency – Amnsety International is worried about the presidential elections of Iran in which the women can not take part as a candidate:

Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts several articles of the country’s Constitution as well as international law and should be removed, Amnesty International said. Continue reading “Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution”

A video about the distressing situation of Iranian journalists which has been prepared by the International Committee to Protect Journalists:

Video: Iran’s journalists in chains

HRANA News Agency – Amnesty International warns about the critical condition of two Dervishes who are on the hunger strike.

Document – Iran: Iranian hunger strikers in critical condition

UA: 88/13 Index: MDE 13/018/2013 Iran Date: 12 April 2013

URGENT ACTION

IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Two men imprisoned in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-west Iran, are in critical condition after a prolonged hunger strike protesting the harsh treatment of dervishes, including lawyers, in Tehran’s Evin Prison. They have been beaten, have lost consciousness several times, and are being kept alive by intravenous drips in prison. Continue reading “Amnsety International: Iranian hunger strikers in critical condition”

HRANA News Agency – Amnesty International has warned about TV confessions and death penalties in Iran.

“Suspects are forced to appear on national or local television to admit to alleged crimes – often before their court proceedings have even started. These “confessions” are then accepted as evidence in court, seriously undermining any prospect of a fair trial” says the Amnety International In a statement on April 11, 2013. Continue reading “Amnesty International: “TV confessions” and the death penalty in Iran”

HRANA News Agency – Five prisoners have been refusing food since start of March in protest at sentences and ill-treatment, says Amnesty

Five members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority sentenced to death following trials described by activists as grossly unfair are on hunger strike in protest at their conviction and ill-treatment in jail.
Continue reading “AMNESTY URGENT ACTION: Iranian Ahwazi Arabs on hunger strike over death sentences”

HRANA News Agency – Human Rights Council rapporteur finds “widespread systemic and systematic violations of human rights” in Iran.

BERLIN – The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday to extend by one year the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. Continue reading “UN Human Rights Council Overwhelmingly Votes to Renew Iran Mandate”