Petition for the Release of Alieh Eghdamdoust

Fill out the form below to send an appeal to Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Shahroudi for the release of imprisoned women’s rights activist Alieh Eghdamdoust (sample letter posted after jump): * Name (First, Last) * Email * Verify by typing code Script by Dagon Design —————————————————————————————————– Your Excellency, I am writing to express my [...]

Unprecedented Three-Year Sentence for Women’s Rights Activist Implemented

(3 February 2009) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release imprisoned women’s rights activist, Alieh Eghdamdoust, and end its prosecution of all women’s rights activists. The authorities arrested Eghdamdoust on 31 January 2009 in her hometown of Foman, north of Iran, to begin serving a 3-year prison sentence.

Neither she nor her lawyers were informed about the results of her appeal, which was decided nearly a year ago in contravention of Iranian laws, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said.

Women’s Rights Activists Detained for Collecting Signatures to Change Discriminatory Laws

(2 February 2009) Three members of the Iranian movement for equal rights, the One Million Signatures Campaign, were arrested on 30 January 2009, and one remains in detention charged with “acting against national security through propaganda against the state,” according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.

Nafiseh Azad, Bigard Ebrahimi and another member of the One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality were arrested while collecting signatures to change discriminatory laws.

The Systematic Repression of the Women’s Rights Movement — May 2008

An International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran report on the various dimensions of the repression of women’s rights activists in Iran.

Peace Activists Protesting Gaza Violence Attacked by Security Agents

(13 January 2009) Plain clothes security agents attacked and disrupted a gathering organized by the Iranian nongovernmental group Mothers for Peace to protest ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip in front of the Palestinian embassy in Tehran on 11 January, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today. Regular police forces present at the scene did not interfere and appear to have worked in tandem with the attackers.

The Campaign urged the Iranian Judiciary to immediately investigate and prosecute security forces responsible for the violence.

Renewed Attempts to Isolate and Silence Women’s Rights Activists

(27 October 2008) The Iranian government has substantially increased its persecution and prosecution of women’s rights activists in recent days. These actions come on the heels of a report by the UN Secretary General calling on Iran to end its repressive measures against women’s rights activists.

In a 20 October 2008 report, the Secretary General noted “an increasing crackdown in the past year on the women’s rights movement”…

Support of Iranian Women on the Anniversary of 12 June 2006 Demonstration

(10 June, 2008) We, the undersigned, representing international women’s and human rights organizations, express our solidarity with Iranian women, on 12 June 2008. This is the day identified by women’s rights activists in Iran as their national day of solidarity in objecting to laws that discriminate against women.

Report Documents the Persecution of Women’s Rights Activists in Iran

(5 May 2008) Iranian authorities have systematically thwarted peaceful and legal civil society efforts to advocate for women’s rights in Iran, abusing the legal system and gravely violating internationally protected civil rights in the process. “Equal Rights Denied—The Systematic Repression of the Women’s Rights Movement In Iran,” published today by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, illustrates this process by providing concise but comprehensive documentation of the persecution of women’s rights defenders.

Detentions and Summonses Target Women, Students, and Labor Activists

(April 9, 2008) Iranian authorities marked the arrival of the Persian New Year with an extensive campaign of summonses and detentions of social and labor activists, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

Iranian Women’s Movement: More International Support, More Persecution at Home

(16 March 2008) While leading international figures continue to associate themselves with a statement of support for equal rights and solidarity with Iranian women’s rights campaigners, authorities have prevented several from traveling abroad, bringing discriminatory laws and practices into international focus.