Iranian-German Activist Arrested In Tehran
Source: RadioFarda Mariam Claren, the daughter of Iranian-German dual citizen Nahid Taghavi, is speaking out after her mother was detained by Iranian security forces at her home in Tehran on …
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Farangiss Mazloumi, mother of political prisoner, Soheil Arabi sentenced to 18 months in prison
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Reported Farangiss Mazloumi, civil rights activist and mother of a political prisoner, Soheil Arabi, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by branch 29 …
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‘I Insist’: Film Gives New Voice to Jailed Iran Rights Lawyer
Source: Asharq Al-Awsat Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh reflects on a career that has seen her take on the most sensitive of causes in Iran, including saving juveniles from the death …
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Giti Pourfazel, signer of letter demanding Khamenei’s resignation, transferred to prison
Relatives of Giti Pourfazel, a lawyer and one of the signatories of the statement calling for the resignation of Surpreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reported that she has, once again, been …
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Saba Kord Afshari was sentenced to extra 15 years of imprisonment despite being acquitted
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Saba Kord Afshari, a civil activist who is currently imprisoned in Evin Prison, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for “promoting …
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A human rights lawyer gets the recognition she deserves – as she languishes in an Iranian prison
By Jeremy Wiener and Daniel Hornstein Source: Globe and Mail “I realize they had arrested me for my work on human rights[…], still, I will not be silenced,” Nasrin Sotoudeh …
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Iranian women’s rights activist, 20, is jailed for 15 years for ‘spreading prostitution by taking off her hijab’
Saba Kord Afshari, 20, activist from Iran, has been sentenced to 24 years in jail Got 15 years for ‘spreading corruption and prostitution by taking off her hijab’ Afshari took …
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Iran: women activists forced to make filmed ‘confessions’ over veiling laws
Source: Amnesty International UK At least six cases since April, including one where state broadcaster forcibly filmed detained mother and daughter Tactics come in response to popular ‘White Wednesdays’ …
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Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks
By Kellan Howell Source: The Washington Times Sunday, June 28, 2015 As the U.S. and its world partners race to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, women and children in the …
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