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“I Hope to See My Father’s Captors in a Public Trial Soon,” says Mehdi Saharkhiz

Seven days after court rulings for Issa Saharkhiz and Hossein Derakhshan were served to their respective lawyers and families and news websites reported on them, Fars News Agency announced that these rulings are not definitive. According to the announced ruling, Saharkhiz, a prominent journalist and the former Press Director of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, has been sentenced to three years in prison, five years’ ban and deprivation of political and journalistic activities, and one year’s ban on foreign travel.

5th October 2010

Mounting Pressure on Political Activists: Seven Members of Freedom Movement Arrested

A group of political activists and members of the Freedom Movement of Iran, including the group’s Secretary General, Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi, were arrested yesterday. According to Mizan News, those arrested were Ebrahim Yazdi, Hashem Sabaghian, member of the Central Council, Dr. Ali Asghar Gharavi, the group’s Director in Isfahan, Dr. Ghaffar Farzadi, the Director in Azerbaijan, Ahad Rezai, the Director in Zanjan, and two others by the names of Riaee and Moslehi. The arrests followed beatings and verbal abuse, according to Mizan News.

4th October 2010

Former Ebadi Staffer Sentenced to Two Years In Prison

Jinous Sobhani, former secretary of Defenders of Human Rights Center was sentenced to two years in prison. She was convicted of “acting against national security.” A member of the Baha’i Faith, Sobhani was arrested after Ashura Day events on 3 January 2010 and was released after posting bail. Sobhani’s sentencing comes a few weeks after the trial of seven Baha’i leaders whose 20-year prison sentences were reduced to 10 years each upon appeal.

4th October 2010

Ebadi and Prominent International Organizations Call for Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

Ebadi and Prominent International Organizations Call for Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

(1 October 2010) Nobel Peace Laureate and Iranian lawyer, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation for Human Rights, the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), the Union Internationale des Avocats, and the World Organisation Against Torture, today condemned the continued detention without charge or trial of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in Iran and called for her immediate and unconditional release as she is held solely in connection with her work defending others.

2nd October 2010 - 2 Comments »

Prisoner Under Pressure to Deny Abuse

A friend of student activist Zia Nabavi, who is now exiled to a prison in Ahvaz, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that during a recent telephone call Nabavi spoke about prison beatings and abuses. According to this source, the warden of Ahwaz prison has forced Nabavi to sign a statement denying having been abused. For security reasons, the Campaign is withholding the identity of this source. Read the interview here…

1st October 2010

Ali Malihi’s Four-Year Sentence Upheld; Lawyer Says Court Lacked Jurisdiction

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, lawyer for imprisoned journalist Ali Malihi, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his client’s upheld four-year prison sentence. “Ali Malihi is a reporter, and Article 168 of the Iranian Constitution stipulates that Press Court trials should be open and public with a jury. So, in my opinion, the court did not meet these requirements and therefore had no jurisdiction to try this case. Moreover, he is a reporter and despite the Prosecutor’s claim that he was not supposed to be present in some places, my client had the legal right and authority to be there. This is just like telling a police officer that he should not be present at a crime scene. Or, telling a doctor not to be in a hospital. A reporter is the eyes and ears of the society. People expect to hear and receive the truth from him, and expect him to be an honest reporter and a trustworthy narrator who reports the events,” said Dadkhah.

1st October 2010

Sotoudeh Threatened to Drop Case of Colleague

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has obtained a copy of a letter Reza Khandan, wife of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, wrote to Tehran’s Prosecutor about Sotoudeh’s condition in prison. In the letter he also says that security organizations threatened his wife asking her to withdraw from representing one of her colleagues. Nasrin Sotoudeh represents Shirin Ebadi, head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center.

1st October 2010
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