Blog-Archive
Deprivation of Medical Care Jeopardizes Political Prisoner’s Life
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki in Dire Condition Serving 15-Year Prison Term
Father Says Months-long Torture Caused Kidney Failure
(25 May 2012) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately provide medical care for political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and avoid another human tragedy, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. It should also end its systematic policy of denying medical care to prisoners of conscience, thereby causing them permanent physical harm and disability, the Campaign added.
On 19 May 2012, Ronaghi began a hunger strike to protest the denial of his medical furlough. Ronaghi suffers from kidney failure and has been routinely denied medical furlough since his incarceration.
“This is the fifth time he is undergoing surgery and all physicians, including the Medical Examiner, have ordered special medical care for him post-operation,” Ronaghi’s father, Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, told the Campaign. “But they want Hossein to return to prison after his surgery, a prison that has no medical facilities, suitable nutrition, nor kidney specialists.” Read the rest of this entry
ZAMAN DAILY: Iranian activist Ghaemi: Human rights conditions worst ever since the 1980s
We’re facing a very repressive environment. All of the social movements are under tremendous persecution – including the student movement, the women’s rights movement and the labor movement – in addition to persecution of political dissidents,” he said.
He also added that ethnic and religious minorities are persecuted too, even the Shiite clergy.
“So anyone who dares to challenge the official narrative of the state is either in prison, forced into exile or subject to continuous intimidation. Trends have been really troubling,” he said.
Answering questions during his visit to Turkey last week, Ghaemi elaborated on the issue.
You had a career in physics and now you are doing human rights work full time. How did you make this transition? Why was it so important for you? Read the rest of this entry
The Latest from Iran (15 May): Shutting Down the Journalists
0450 GMT: We begin today with a summary from the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran onthe regime’s attempt to control international media’s coverage:
“Iranian authorities have long been repressing domestic journalists. Now it’s clear that they have turned an eye to neutering international press freedoms also,” said Campaign spokesperson Hadi Ghaemi. “We are increasingly seeing Iranian authorities using intimidation, arrests, censorship, and other methods to restrict foreign media from reporting on Iran.”
A source in the Iranian government, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Campaign that Iran’s drive to restrict the ability of foreign media to operate freely in Iran is due to the fears of some officials that international press coverage can undermine their political interests.
“The Intelligence Ministry, the Revolutionary Guards, and the National Security Council are pressuring the Deputy Minister of Culture who oversees the foreign press to give [these security agencies] more control over the way foreign media reports Iran’s politics and economy, as we approach the 2013 presidential election,” the government source said.
The government source also said that the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence Unit is more active than other intelligence agencies in curbing press freedom in Iran. “The Guards believe that the Iranian government showed negligence and ineptitude in allowing foreign journalists to cover the 2009 presidential election and post-election unrest. So, they are trying to exert more control over the presence of foreign journalists in Iran,” the government source said.
Since the June 2009 election, authorities have threatened and interrogated several journalists, contributors, and their family members, as well as Iranians appearing in foreign media, including BBC Persian, Reuters, Newsweek magazine, and The New Yorker magazine.
Many of the cases will be familiar to regular EA readers, but ICHRI adds this nugget of information about the “female ninjas” episode, which led to authorities shutting down the Reuters bureau in Tehran, withdrawing the press cards of the staff, and threatening to put some of them on trial.
The Campaign has recently learned that a few days after the ninja video’s release, the Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture (Ministry of Culture) summoned the journalist who was responsible for the report. According to an eyewitness, when the reporter was at the Ministry of Culture’s offices in Tehran, the staff left the offices at one point, and then officers from the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence Unit arrived and interrogated the reporter for several hours. The eyewitness said that the reporter was extremely frightened and was shaking after the interrogation session by the Revolutionary Guards.
The aforementioned government source alleged that representatives of the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence Unit told the Ministry of Culture that “no word was to be said about the interrogation session.”
The Reuters reporter was also allegedly threatened and told that she should not speak about the interrogation, or else she and her family will face further difficulties. The government source claimed that authorities told the Reuters office in Tehran that if any news about the interrogation was ever published, their offices would never re-open.
Callous Border Security Guns Down 70 Couriers in Iran
Government Should End Pattern of Illegal Use of Lethal Force in Northwest Border Provinces
Iranian Kurds and Unemployed Resort to Dangerous Black-Market Work
Bardehnaz Piranshahr border. Photo by Shirkoo Jahani for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
(27 April 2012) The Iranian government should immediately investigate the numerous cases of border security forces killing couriers in the northwestern provinces of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah, and hold accountable those responsible for such calloususe of unlawful force, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. The government should also review its border security measures and the growing pattern of excessive use of lethal force, and should adopt clear polices to stop unlawful and unnecessary killing, the Campaign added.
“The ongoing cold-blooded killing of cross-border couriers (often called kulbar) by security officials is unacceptable, and the Iranian government must put an end to it,” Campaign spokesperson Hadi Ghaemi said. “The use of lethal force against these people, who are unarmed and are simply avoiding authorities, is unjustifiable, violates international law, and must be investigated.” Read the rest of this entry
NYC SCREENING: New Documentary on Iranian Refugees! 22.April 2012
Will you be in the New York area this Sunday, April 22?
If so, join the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran at Columbia University to watch a new documentary film about Iranian refugees in Turkey!
WHAT: ”KEYS TO MY HOME,” a documentary about Iranian refugees in Turkey by Luna Shad, followed by a Q&A with the director and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
WHEN: Sunday, April 22, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
WHERE: Columbia University, 511 Dodge Hall
RSVP: On Facebook!
“Keys to My Home” is director Luna Shad’s documentary about the lives of Iranian refugees in Turkey on their way to relocation. Since June 2009, at least 150 Iranian journalists have fled Iran. Half of them are under the age of 35. Most of them crossed over the Turkish or Iraqi borders, facing difficult paths to relocation. Dozens have permanently resettled in Western countries, most having been granted political asylum.
The film follows journalist Delbar Tavakoli through her relocation experience to France. Delbar’s fears, worries, and hopes shape the landscape of the film.
This event is FREE and open to the public!
Revoke Execution Sentence of Web Programmer
Iranian Judiciary Must Overturn Death Sentence for Canadian Resident and End Assault on Internet Freedoms
On 30 January 2012 Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 36-year-old Malekpour for “insulting Islamic sanctities” allegedly because he managed a network of pornographic websites. Malekpour’s family has maintained that he simply developed image-sharing software that was used, without his knowledge, to post pornographic photos. Read the rest of this entry
Imprisoned Student Activist Transferred To Psychiatric Ward
A source close to the family of Abolfazl Tabarzadi, 24, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the imprisoned student was transferred from Karoon Prison to the psychiatric ward of a hospital in Ahvaz. According to the source, Tabarzadi suffers from severe paranoia and depression and prison authorities were forced to transfer him to a hospital because they were no longer able to control him inside the prison. Read the rest of this entry
Call to Action to Stop Widespread Censorship and “Halal Internet”
International Body Should End Iran’s Illegal Satellite Jamming
Call to Action to Stop Widespread Censorship and “Halal Internet”
Activists Launching Protest at Geneva Gathering of World Radiocommunication Conference
Iran’s Secret Hangings: Mass Unannounced Executions in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison
Since January 2010, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has published dozens of reports of unannounced secret group executions at Vakilabad Prison in the northeast city of Mashhad. These executions were largely in violation of international human rights law and domestic procedures. Judicial authorities have continuously evaded questions about these executions and the names of those executed have never been officially announced.
This briefing paper features the first list of victims of secret executions in Vakilabad and other execution statistics, as well as witness testimony and official accounts of the executions. This briefing paper also details the major characteristics and illegality of these executions. Read the rest of this entry
Snapshot: 6 Months of Human Rights Violations and Political Arrests in Iran’s Azerbaijan Provinces
During the six-month period from 21 March to 21 September 2011 more than 320 cultural, political, women’s rights, and human rights activists were arrested in Iran’s West and East Azerbaijan Provinces, according to local sources.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran confirmed the names of 326 people prosecuted in these provinces. Sources told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that many more detainees were released immediately or within a few days of their arrest. Read the rest of this entry
خانواده امیرحکمتی اعترافات تلویزیونی او را دروغی و تحت فشارخواندند: « تحت فشاربودیم که با رسانه ها صحبت نکنیم چون قول دادند به زودی آزاد می شود»
“His New Charge is ‘Assistance in Espionage,’ But It’s Not Clear Whom He Was Assisting”
Saeed Naimi
Saeed Naimi, who was transferred from Karaj Prison to Tabriz Prison, is currently facing new charges of “assistance in espionage.” Naimi’s wife, Saideh Islami, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her husband’s new charges and his current conditions in prison. Read the rest of this entry
Please support: Call for the Release of Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Join the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in calling for the release of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is in prison simply for defending her clients and insisting that Iranian authorities respect human rights.
Since Sotoudeh’s arrest, her family has been working tirelessly to secure her release and you can help them. Take action by sending the two letters below. Tell Iranian officials you support Sotoudeh and demand her freedom. And urge the foreign ministers of 25 countries, from across the globe, to call for Sotoudeh’s release.
When you’re done, email this action page to six friends, share it on Facebook, and Tweet it far and wide! To learn more about Sotoudeh and ways to support her, watch our video to the right and visit the Free Sotoudeh Project. Read the rest of this entry
Please support : FREE SOTOUDEH NOW! Project
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran launched a project to help build support for the release of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and highlight the tragic situation of Iranian prisoners of conscience. The launch coincides with the occasion of Human Rights Day, which is celebrated worldwide on 10 December. Read the rest of this entry
“Prison Authorities Say He Won’t Need Warm Winter Clothes As He Will Be Executed”
Eghbal Moradi, father of Zanyar Moradi, a Kurdish prisoner at Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the Supreme Court upheld his son’s death sentence. “My relatives went to prison this week to bring Zanyar warm clothing, as the cold season has come. But prison officials told them that he would not need the clothes as his death sentence has been upheld. They told my relatives this explicitly, adding that they would be informed of the execution date,” Eghbal Moradi told the Campaign. Read the rest of this entry
Sotoudeh Banned From Visiting Family for Refusing to Wear Chador
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been banned from having visitations with her family for three weeks. Expressing surprise over the punishment, her husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “This week we went to Evin Prison as usual on Sunday. After we wrote our names on the visitation list, a prison officer told us that she is banned from having visitors for three weeks, because she refused to wear a chador inside the prison.” Read the rest of this entry
Secret, Unannounced, Group Executions Continue Inside Iranian Prisons: At Least 14 More Executed Inside Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison
While Iranian authorities remain silent about the executions of drug traffickers inside Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has learned that seven prisoners were hanged on 11 August, and another seven were hanged on 20 September. According to information received from a source, the executions were carried out in groups. All those executed had been charged with drug-related crimes. Read the rest of this entry
Hikers’ Lawyer Arrested, Interrogated, and Released in Tehran
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2011/09/trios_lawyer/
On the morning of Tuesday, 27 September, security forces entered the home of Massoud Shafiee, the lawyer representing the recently released Americans, and after several hours of searching his home and offices, transferred him to Evin Prison.
Protest at the UN Highlights Iran’s Human Rights Crisis, Septeber 2011
تجمع مردمی در اعتراض به نقض حقوق بشر و آزادی بیان در ایران ، نیویورک ۲۰ سپتامبر: جمعی از ایرانیان مقیم آمریکا و نیز تعدادی از سازمان های مدافع حقوق بشر از کشورهای سوریه، مصر و دیگر کشورهای منطقه خاورمیانه درزمان حضور محموداحمدی نژاد درنیویورک برای رساندن صدای قربانیان نقض حقوق بشرتجمع کردند. در این ویدیو مروری بر آنچه گذشت را می بینید
People gather to protest violations of human rights and freedom of expression in Iran, New York, 20 September 2011: A group of Iranian Americans and several human rights organizations from Syria, Egypt, and other Middle Eastern countries gathered during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence in New York to get the voices of human rights abuse victims to others. You can see
End the Executions
A video to draw international attention on death sentences for post-election protesters in Iran.
اعتراض شدید دوآمریکایی آزاد شده به نقض حقوق بشر در ایران: چطور دولتی را ببخشیم که افراد بیگناه ایرانی را بازداشت می کند و احترامی برای حقوق بشر ندارد؟
- جاش فتال و شان بائر بعد از بیش از دو سال جلوی دهها دوربین تلویزیونی قرارگرفتند و گفتند که شاهد فریادهای زندانیان در زندان بوده اند که مورد ضرب و شتم قرار گرفته اند. آنها خواستار آزادی زندانیان سیاسی در ایران شدند. عکس: کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر در ایران
(۴ مهر۱۳۹۰)جاش فتال، شان باوئر وسارا شورد امروز یکشنبه در اولین کنفرانس مطبوعاتی خود درنیویورک به خبرنگاران رسانه های آمریکا گفتند که در طول مدتی که در زندان بوده اند مزه بی رحمی دستگاه قضایی ایران را چشیده اند، در مدت بازداشت بارها به آنها دروغ گفته شده است، از دنیای خارج کاملا منزوی بودند و اینکه بارها صدای فریاد زندانیانی که مورد ضرب و شتم قرارگرفته بودند را شنیده بودند اما کاری نمی توانستند بکنند.
به گزارش خبرنگار کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر در ایران شان بائردربخشی از سخنان خود گفت:«شاید شما بپرسید: حالا که آزاد شدید می توانید دولت ایران را برای آنچه با شما کرد ببخشید؟ جواب ما این است:چطور می توانیم دولتی را ببخشیم که به زندانی کردن تعداد بسیار زیادی از افراد بیگناه و زندانیان عقیدتی اقدام می کند و به آن ادامه می دهد؟ این مردم ایران هستند که فشار سنگین و سخت دولت بی رحمی که هیچ احترامی برای حقوق بشر ندارد را تحمل می کنند. مردمی در ایران هستند که تنها برای شرکت در یک تظاهرات یا نوشتن یک بلاگ طرفدار دموکراسی یا برای عقاید مذهبی زندانی شده اند. روزنامه نگاران پشت میله های زندان می مانند و مردم بیگناه اعدام می شوند. اگر دولت ایران می خواهد که تصویر خود را در جهان تغییر دهد و فشار بین المللی را کاهش دهد، باید تمام زندانیان سیاسی و زندانیان عقیدتی را آزاد کند. آنها شایسته آزادی داشتن هستند همچنان که ما آن را به دست آوردیم.»
نماینده کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر در ایران در خصوص صدای فریاد زندانیان وضرب وشتم آنها پرسید که وی گفت این صداها تاثیر عمیقی برآنها گذاشته است. سارا شورد همچنین درجواب این سوال کمپین که چه کسی شما را دستگیر کرده بود گفت که ما تا اخر هم نفهمیدیم که چه کسی ما را دستگیر کرد.» آنها تاکید کردند اگر آمریکایی نبودند هیچگاه چنین سرانجامی نداشتند. سارا شورد در بخشی دیگری به سوالات کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر در ایران به صورت اختصاصی پاسخ داد که به زودی روی وب سایت کمپین قرار خواهد گرفت. جاش فتال و شان بائر امروز صبح (یکشنبه) از عمان به نیویورک رسیدند. در محل کنفرانس دهها دوربین تلویزویونی و نمایندگان روزنامه های آمریکا حضور داشتند.
جاش فتال در سخنان خود گفت: « بعد از ۷۸۱ روز شان و من دوباره مردانی آزاد هستیم. چهار شنبه گذشته وقتی که ورزش روزانه مان را در زندان اوین تمام کرده بودیم چیزی کاملا غیر منتظره اتفاق افتاد. در هر روز دیگری ما بعد از تمرین روزانه باید چشم بند می زدیم و به به سالن هدایت می شدید دتا به سلول ۴ در ۲/۵ دو متری مان برویم. اما آن روز نگهبانان ما را به طبقه پایین بردند. آنها از ما انگشت نگاری کردند و لباس های معمولی مان را به ما برگرداندند. آنها به ما نگفتند چه قراراست به کجا برویم به جای آن آنها ما را به بخش دیگیری از زندان بردند که ما دکتر سالم الاسلامی که نماینده سلطان قابوش پادشان عمان بود رفتیم. اولین چیزی که به ما گفت این بود: «بگذارید به خانه برویم»
او همچنین گفت:« چیزی که ما دنبال کردیم شگفت انگیزترین تجربه زندگی مان بود. ما در اسارت بودیم بد انزوای تقریبا کامل برای مدت دو سال. اما در چند روز آخر آزادی را تجربه کردیم. » جاش فتال در بخش دیگری ازسخنانش با اینکه بالاخره دولت ایران کاردرست را در مورد این پرونده انجام داد گفت که دولت ایران نمی تواند برای آزادی ما بخواهد اعتبار(کردیت)کامل بگیرد. او گفت که از همان ابتدا دستگیر شده اند به خاطراینکه آمریکایی بودند: «سارا ۴۱۰ روز زندانی بود و ما دو نفر ۷۸۱. این زمان بیشتری از مدت زمانی است که گروگان های امریکایی در سفارت آمریکا در تهران زندانی بودند. » جاش فتال همچنین گفت که صدای فریاد زندانیان دیگر را می شیندند اما نمی توانستند برای آنها کاری کنند. او همچنین گفت که به دروغ به آنها گفته شده بود که خانواده آنها ازنامه نوشتن به آنها دست کشیده اند.
- جاش فتال افزود: « ما در دنیای دروغها و امیدپوچ زندگی کردیم. بازجوها در مورد سفیر سوییس در تهران دروغ می گفتند که نمی خواهد ما راببیند. آنها به دروغ به ما گفتند که دادرسی عادلانه نصیبمان خواهد شد وبه وکیل دسترسی خواهیم داشت: وکیل شجاع و استوارمان آقای مسعود شفیعی. وحشتناک تر از همه آنها به ما گفتند که خانواده های از فرستادن نامه به ما خودداری کردند.»
جاش فتال همچنین گفت: « در تمام مدتی که در بازداشت بودیم کلا ۱۵ دقیقه با تلفن با خانواده هایمان صحبت کردیم و یک ملاقات کوتاه با مادرانمان داشتیم. برای اینکه بتوانیم نامه هایی که از طرف عزیزانمان فرستاده می شد مجبور بودیم که اعتصاب غذا کنیم. خیلی از اوقات، در مواردبسیار زیادی، صدای فریاد زندانیان دیگر را می شنیدیم که موردضرب و شتم قرار می گرفتند و واقعا کاری برای کمک کردن به آنها نمی توانستیم انجام بدهیم. سلول انفرادی بدترین تجربه زندگی ما بود و کابوسی بود که سارا ۱۴ ماه آن را تحمل کرد. قدرت سارا در آن یک ساعت ملاقات های روزانه به ما اجازه داد که بتوانیم این وضعیت را تحمل کنیم.»
جاش فتال افزود: « ما در دنیای دروغها و امیدپوچ زندگی کردیم. بازجوها در مورد سفیر سوییس در تهران دروغ می گفتند که نمی خواهد ما راببیند. آنها به دروغ به ما گفتند که دادرسی عادلانه نصیبمان خواهد شد وبه وکیل دسترسی خواهیم داشت: وکیل شجاع و استوارمان آقای مسعود شفیعی. وحشتناک تر از همه آنها به ما گفتند که خانواده های از فرستادن نامه به ما خودداری کردند.»
جاش فتال گفت که هرگونه اقدام مثبت باید مورد توجه قرار گیرد. ما تحسین کردیم تصمیم مقامات ایرانی را مبنی براینکه بالاخره تصمیم درست را گرفتند در مورد پرونده ما. اما می خواهیم کاملا روشن باشیم که که آنها شایسته این نیستند که اعتبار کامل را برای این عمل بگیرند چرا که آنها حق نداشتند و توجیهی نداشتند که این کار از از همان ابتدا اصلا آغاز کنند( دستگیری).»
بنابرگزارش کمپین بین المللی حقوق بشر در ایران در این جلسه شان باوئر نیز با تشکر افراد حاضر گفت: « می خواهم خیلی روشن باشم. این ( دستگیری) هیچ وقت به خاطر عبور از مرزهای مشخص نشده نبود.. در واقع پرونده های زیادی از ورود غیرقانونی وجود دارد که افراد در مدت خیلی کمی یا کشور را ترک کردند یا اخراج شدند. ما نمی دانیم که آیا از مرز عبور کردیم. ما شاید هیچ وقت نخواهیم دانست. اما حتی اگر ما داخل ایران شده باشیم هیچ وقت آن دلیل آن نبود که مسوولان ایرانی ما را برای این مدت نگهداری کردند. تنها توضیح برای بازداشت بلندمدت ما دشمنی بین دولت ایران و آمریکا در طی ۳۲ سال گذشته است. نکته جالب این است که جاش و من و سارا مخالف سیاست های آمریکا در مورد ایران هستیم که این دشمنی را ادامه دار می کند. ما به جاسوسی متهم شده بودیم چون آمریکای هستیم. هیچ مدرکی علیه ما هیچ وقت ارائه نشد. این برای این است که که هیچ شاهدی وجود نداشت و ما کاملا بی گناه بودیم. دو دادگاهی که در آن شرکت کردیم کاملا دروغی و ساتگی بود. دادگاه ساخته شده بود از دروغ های مسخره که ما را به عنوان بخشی از توطیه آمریکایی اسراییلی معرفی می کرد.»
او همچنین گفت: « سارا وجاش و من مزه بی رحمی دولت ایران را چشیدیم. ما در ایزوله کامل از دنیای خارج وانچه دوست داشتیم نگهداری شدیم و حقوق و آزادی هایمان را از ما گرفتند. » در بخشی دیگری باوئر به شرح آنچه دولت ایران با مردمش می کند و زندانیان ایرانی و خواستار آزادی زندانیان ایرانی شد چنانکه خود آزاد شدند. شان از وکیل خود مسعود شفیعی تمجید کرد که با اینکه نمی توانسته به راحتی از انها دفاع کند اما تا دقیقه آخر از دفاع خود دست برنداشت و تسلیم نشد.
آقای بائر افزود: « در زندان هر گاه که از وضعیت شکایت می کردیم نگهبانان بلافاصله به ما شرایط مشابه در زندان گوانتانامو بی را یاد آوری می کردند. آنها به ما یاداوری می کردند شرایط زندان های سیا را در دیگر نقاط دنیا و شرایط ایرانی ها و دیگرانی را که در زندان های آمریکا شرایط مشابهی دارند. ما اعتقاد نداریم که چنین نقض حقوق بشری از طرف دولت ما توجیه می کند آنچه با ما انجام شده است. نه حتی برای یک لحظه. اگر چه ما اعتقاد داریم که این اعمال دولت آمریکابرای برخی از دولت ها از جمله دولت ایران بهانه ایجاد می کند که به این طریق عمل کنند.»
سارا شورد پس از سخنان شان وجاش به همراه خانواده به سوالات پاسخ داد. او گفت که طی مدتی که انجا بودند هر وقت صحبت می کردند در مورد زندانی شدنشان ماموران ایرانی دائما به آنها وضعیت زندانیان در زندان های گونتاناموا و ابوغریب را به آنها یادآوری می کردند: « ما می گفتیم که یکی اشتباه کرد که با اشتباه دیگری کار درست نمی شود. این درحالی است که من و شان همواره با سیاست های آمریکا در زمینه زندانیان و جنگ مخالف بوده ایم.» سارا شورد همچینن گفت در مدتی که زندان بوده اند به صورت گسترده تحت فشارهای روانی بوده اند.»
ویدویوی این کنفرانس مطبوعاتی را می توانید تا ساعاتی دیگر روی وب سایت کمپین یا صفحه فیس بوک ما به همراه مصاحبه اختصاصی با سارا شورد ملاحظه کنید.
Iran/New York: Iran Detains Filmmakers While Ahmadinejad is in New York
Don’t Let Ahmadinejad off the Hook in New York (Video)
(19 September 2011) As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York, four New Yorkers who closely follow developments in Iran talk about why the Iranian people expect the media and UN dignitaries to focus primarily on holding Ahmadinejad accountable for Iran’s human rights crisis during their meetings with him.
Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is joined by Professor Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University, Bitta Mostofi, a lawyer and human rights activist, and David Fine. Fine, an undergraduate student at Columbia and managing editor in chief of its newspaper, The Current,argues why Columbia students invited to dine with Ahmadinejad should not be “thrilled” and refuse him the occasion for self-aggrandizement.
EIL: Opposition Leader’s Safety in Danger as Karroubi Spends 42 Days in Complete Isolation (ENG+Farsi)
- The Campaign holds Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, directly responsible for the safety and health of Karroubi and Mousavi and calls on him to immediately release them.
“Under the Manipulation of Psychiatrists to Make Televised Confession,” Source Says
(28 August 2011) Iranian Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is in grave danger of physical and psychological harm, as news of his complete isolation for the past 42 days emerged today, said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The Campaign called for his immediate release.
Lacking Independence, Bar Association Remains Silent as Lawyers are Persecuted – Legal Defense Under Siege by the Iranian Judiciary
چگونه با گزارشگر ویژه حقوق بشر مکاتبه کنیم؟ (پیشنهاداتی برای ارتباط موثرترو تاثیر گذاری بیشتر)
(۲۷ مرداد ۱۳۹۰) از زمانی که دکتر احمد شهید گزارشگر ویژه حقوق بشر سازمان ملل در امور ایران در ۱۲ مردادماه با انتشار بیانیه ای گفت که کار خود را برای تحقیق و بررسی و گزارش نویسی در مورد وضعیت حقوق بشر در ایران آغاز می کند، نامه های متعددی از سوی فعالان حقوق بشر، زندانیان سیاسی و افرادی که دراین حوزه فعالیت می کنند به دفتر وی ارسال شده و در رسانه ها نیز منتشر شده است.
آقای احمد شهیددربیانیه خود تصریح کرده بود که بر اساس آنچه در احکام سازمان ملل متحد آمده جامعه مدنی ایران و مدافعان حقوق بشر اطلاعات خود را در زمینه موارد نقض حقوق بشر به دفتر وی ارائه دهند. وی باید در اجلاس مجمع عمومی که ماه آینده در شهر نیویورک برگزار خواهد ش گزارش اولیه خود را ارائه کند. نحوه مکاتبات با دفتر دکتر شهید از طریق ارسال ایمیل به آدرس های زیر است :
“The Imprisonment of Kouhyar Goudarzi a Slap in the Face,” says National Press Club President
Following the announcement of the arrests of Kouhyar Goudarzi and his mother, Parvin Mokhtare, a source close to the case and one of Goudarzi’s friends provided the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran with information about the case. “Kouhyar’s friends have information about him up until Sunday, 31 July. In fact the last news about him is from Sunday morning [31 July]. He had a meeting with one of his friends that afternoon, but he didn’t show up…He has disappeared. The next morning, on Monday, 1 August, his mother was arrested in her home in Kerman. She is currently at the Central Prison of Kerman,” said the source.
On Wednesday, 10 August, Mark Hamrick, President of the National Press Club, issued a statement expressing the Club’s outrage and concern about the arrests of Goudarzi and his mother. The National Press Club had previously named Kouhyar Goudarzi the winner of the 2010 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. (link) Mark Hamrick said in the statement that “the imprisonment of Kouhyar Goudarzi and his mother is a slap in the face to the world community.” He also called on the Iranian government “to release Goudarzi, his mother and all other journalists and others who have been incarcerated and mistreated merely for exercising their basic human right to self-expression.”
500 Days In Prison Without Furlough for Human Rights Activist
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, father of Mehdi Khodaee said that 500 days after his son’s arrest, he has not been allowed a single day of furlough. “After my son’s arrest in March 2010, I repeatedly appeared at the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office to find information about his status, but I was not given any straight answers about his condition, until Mehdi himself called us in April 2010 from the [IRGC] 2-A Ward of Evin and we found out that he was well,” he said.
Lawyer and Former MP in Need of Immediate Medical Attention
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Sahandej Sholeh Sadi, wife of university professor, lawyer, and former Member of the Iranian Parliament Ghassem Sholeh Sadi talked about her husband’s new charges and his physical condition in prison. Expressing concern about her husband’s health conditions, Sahandej Sadi said that despite statements by the prison infirmary physician, Mr. Sadi has not yet been transferred outside the prison for examination. “My request is that they review the cases of the prisoners and if the Special UN Rapporteur comes to Iran, that he is able to visit with political prisoners and their families and ask about their requests and see about their conditions,” she told the Campaign.
Open Letter to UNHCR in Iraq, Regarding the Iranian Kurds at al-Waleed Camp
Two Years Ago: a look back at the July 25, 2009 Global Day of Action
July 25th, 2009 marked the first Global Day of Action, during which tens of thousands of people across a hundred cities came together in solidarity with the people of Iran. In the aftermath of a brutal government crackdown following the disputed election, activists united to call on the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt state-sponsored violence, release all prisoners of conscience, and respect the inherent rights of the Iranian people.
The day received support from hundreds of prominent activists, academics, and artists, including Nobel Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, and Shirin Ebadi. Click here to watch Desmond Tutu‘s video message and expression of support for the day and for the people of Iran. One of the day’s most notable promotional videos, “Be a Hero,” can be seen here. Among the day’s highlights was the premiere of U2′s new video, to coincide with the global day, before 80,000 people in Dublin’s Croke Park.
This first global day of support for the Iranian people had immense momentum behind it. Emotions ran high as images of students being chased by Basiji remained fresh in the world’s consciousness.
Now, only two short years after the largest show of solidarity with the Iranian people, we must continue forward with the same passion demonstrated by thousands of concerned citizens not so long ago.
Click here to see a slideshow revisiting some of the day’s amazing events!
Iran JEDEN Tag zwei (?) Hinrichtungen
| Iran Jeden Tag zwei Exekutionen
Es ist schwer an Informationen zu kommen. Oft erfährt man es erst Tage nach den Hinrichtungen. Oft erfährt man nicht die Namen derjenigen, die im Iran erhängt wurden. Sie sind nur Nummern für die iranische Regierung. Drei wurden in Kirmaşan erhängt und vier Personen im Qom-Gefängnis vor einigen Tagen. Quellen: ANF, 20.07.2011 |
EIL: Prisoners Declare End of Hunger Strike
On 26 June 2011, twelve prisoners of conscience declared an end to their nine-day long hunger strike. The prisoners started a hunger strike on 18 June to protest rampant impunity and lack of accountability following the deaths of two prominent activists, Haleh Sahabi and Hoda Saber.
Saber died in captivity from a heart attack on 10 June 2011. Saber had started a hunger strike to protest the death of Haleh Sahabi on 2 June. On 8 June, a prison official beat Saber when he was transferred to the prison clinic. On the morning of Saber’s death, prison officials failed to transfer him to a hospital for six hours after his heart attack.
Concurrent With Admission of Group Executions, 26 More Hanged Secretly in Mashad
Local sources in Mashad told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that 26 more inmates were hanged at Vakilabad Prison on 15 June 2011. At the same time, the Prosecutor of Mashad Mahmoud Zoghi admitted to secret group executions and without mentioning the number of executions over the past two and half years, referred to “the high number of executions.”
Zoghi acknowledged group executions while reporting the large number of drug trafficking cases in Vakilabad prison.
“With such a high volume of drug trafficking cases, the execution statistics are proportionate and foreign media unjustifiably exaggerate in this subject,” Zoghisaid.
Death in Prison: No One Held Accountable
DEATH IN PRISON: NO ONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
June 2011
Since 2003, 17 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience have died while in custody in Iranian prisons allegedly due to torture, medical neglect, and misconduct of prison authorities. Six of the prisoners were detained and died after the 2009 election and the ensuing crackdown on government critics and political opponents. For most of these deaths, no one has yet been held accountable, despite the fact that in all these instances, family members or lawyers of the prisoners have alleged that authorities were responsible for the deaths due to their physical abuse of the inmate or inadequate medical attention.
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