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Prisoners of Conscience

Here are profiles of just a few people who are jailed because of their beliefs, opinions, and peaceful activities promoting international human rights standards in Iran. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is actively collecting information about other prisoners of conscience and will be updating these profiles on a regular basis. The Campaign’s goal is to provide a comprehensive and credible data-base on prisoners of conscience in the coming months. It is important to note that hundreds of other individuals, prosecuted for similar reasons, are currently out of prison only after posting bail, and are awaiting court hearings.

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Dr. Kamiar Alaei

Kamiar Alaei

(UPDATED) Dr. Kamiar Alaei is a doctoral candidate at the SUNY Albany School of Public Health in Albany, New York and was expected to resume his studies there in the fall of 2008.

27th May 2009 - 2 Comments »

Dr. Arash Alaei

Dr. Arash Alaei

(UPDATED) Dr. Arash Alaei is the former director of the International Education and Research Cooperation of the Iranian National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

27th May 2009

Baha’is Currently Imprisoned in Iran

Baha’is Currently Imprisoned in Iran

Baha’is throughout Iran are routinely arrested and interrogated by government officials. This list is only the published and known names of those arrested.

14th May 2009 - 3 Comments »

Silva Harotonian

Silva Harotonian

Silva Harotonian has been in detention since 26 June 2008. She is a former employee of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and was on her fourth brief trip to support a US-Iran exchange program for maternal and child health professionals when arrested.

1st May 2009

Maryam Malek

Maryam Malek

(27 April 2009) Maryam Malek is a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign and a reporter on legal matters related to family courts. She was arrested and transferred to Vozara Detention Center on 25 April 2009, after being summoned for interrogation and charged in the Revolutionary Courts.

30th April 2009

Hana Abdi

Hana Abdi

Hana Abdi (21) is an activist in Sanandaj and was arrested on 4 November 2007 by intelligence agents. Abdi was recently ordered to pay a fine of approximately $30,000 instead of serving 7 months in prison.

25th March 2009

Ali Nejati

Ali Nejati

Ali Nejati is a leading union activist of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Factory Trade Union who was detained at his home on 8 March. Intelligence Ministry agents failed to provide a detention order but continued to search Nejati’s home and confiscate documents related to the trade union. There were no charges filed against him and no official notice given on where he was taken.

23rd March 2009

Ahmad Ghasaban

Ahmad Ghasaban

On May 3, 2007, security agents arrested Ahmad Ghasaban, editor of the student publication Sahar. He was conditionally released in August 2008 but was again detained on 24 February 2009 after a demonstration at Amir Kabir University.

18th March 2009

Hossein Torkhshavand

Hossein Torkhshavand

Hossein Torkshavand, a student activist, was detained on 5 February 2009, at a ceremony to honor Mehdi Bazargan, the first Iranian prime minister after the revolution of 1979. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation.

18th March 2009

Esmael Salmanpour

Esmael Salmanpour

Esmael Salmanpour, a student activist, was detained on 5 February 2009, at a ceremony to honor Mehdi Bazargan, the first Iranian prime minister after the revolution of 1979. He is reportedly being held in Evin Prison and is under interrogation.

18th March 2009
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