Archive for January, 2011
Lawyer Not Yet Served Execution Orders For Jafar Kazemi
Over the past few days, there have been reports of the Iranian Judiciary’s orders for carrying out the prisoner of conscience, Jafar Kazemi’s death sentence. His lawyer Nasim Ghanavi, talked about her reactions to the news with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “I have not been served any ruling documents, and I have no new information about this,” said Nasim Ghanavi.
Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls Verdict “Strange and Unfair”
After two trial sessions in Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court with Judge Pirabbasi presiding, lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh’s sentence was served to one of her lawyers today. Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the ruling. “According to this ruling, which is very strange and unfair, Ms. Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, 20 years’ ban on the legal profession and serving as a lawyer, as well as 20 years’ ban on foreign travel,” said Khandan.
Shiva Nazar Ahari’s Four Year Sentence Is Final, Says Lawyer
While various media have published news of an appeals court’s ruling of four years in prison and 74 lashes for human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari, her lawyer, Mohammad Sharif has not yet been served with the ruling. ”I have not yet been officially served with the verdict, and unfortunately, the news was publicized in [...]
Federation of Social Justice Lawyers Calls for the Release of Iranian Human Rights Defenders
The National Lawyers Guild, on 3 January 2011, issued a letter (LINK: http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/national-lawyers-guild-urges-the-release-of-human-rights-defenders-in-iran/) calling for the release of human rights defenders facing arrest and prosecution inside Iran, including Nasrin Sotoudeh, Mohammad Oliyafar, Mohammad Seifzadeh, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, and Abdolfattah Soltani. The National Lawyers guild in the largest federation of social justice lawyers and legal professionals [...]
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Summoned to Evin Prison Court
Reza Khandan, husband of prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was summoned to Branch One of Evin Prison Court, stating that he has to appear at Branch One within seven days. “This is the same branch to which I was summoned [...]
Student Activist’s Brother Interrogated and His Home Vandalized
An informed source close to family of student activist and prisoner of conscience, Majid Tavakoli, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Tavakoli’s brother was released several hours after being interrogated by Ministry of Intelligence forces on 5 January. The source said that several Ministry of Intelligence forces stormed his home while [...]
Post-Election Protestor in Danger of Imminent Execution; “This Death Sentence Is Political; He Is Innocent”
While news reports indicate that Jafar Kazemi’s execution orders have been forwarded to Evin Prison’s “Sentence Implementation Unit,” and he is in danger of imminent execution, a human rights activist familiar with this prisoner of conscience’s case told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that throughout his entire interrogation, investigation, and trial proceedings, [...]
Lawyer Confirms Death Sentence for Iranian-Dutch Protestor
Jinoos Sharif Razi, lawyer to Iranian-Dutch citizen, Zahra Bahrami, who was arrested during the Ashura Day Protests in 2009 (27 December 2009), talked to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her client’s recent death sentence. “Ms. Bahrami has two charges. Her first charge is related to her arrest on Tehran streets on [...]
Student Mistreatment And Gender Segregation At Mashad’s Ferdowsi University
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has been informed that with the start of the new academic term and enrollment period at Mashad’s Ferdowsi University’s Department of Engineering, in addition to the increased restrictions forced on students, unprecedented gender segregation has been imposed on more than 49 general and laboratory courses. The disciplinary [...]
Another Tale of Torture Recounted in a Letter by Political Prisoner
In a letter to the Tehran Prosecutor, Gholamhossein Arshi, a 31-year old prisoner who was arrested following the Ashura Day 2009 [27 December 2009] protests, after he was identified by security forces in a photograph published on news websites, has written about his torture during interrogations and pressure to make fake confessions. According to the [...]
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