Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of High Commissioner GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed grave concern at the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the …
UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist Read More
Source: Daily Mail By Miriam Kuepper Female prisoners in a notorious Iranian prison are tortured, interrogated for hours on end and repeatedly threatened with execution, sources revealed Women locked up …
Inside Iran’s hellish women’s prison where inmates jailed for standing up to the regime hear one another being tortured, are attacked by fellow prisoners and left to freeze as they await execution Read More
Source: BBC News Crouched alone on the floor, in a tiny, windowless cell, Nasim could hear what sounded like other prisoners being tortured. The guard would bang on the door …
Rare accounts of life for women inside notorious Iranian prison Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Maryam Vahidifar, a 56-year-old prisoner, is currently serving a 17-month prison sentence in Evin Prison. She was sentenced by the Shahriar Revolutionary Court …
Latest Update on the Situation of Maryam Vahidifar in Evin Prison Read More
Source: Hengaw Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, has been denied in-person visitation rights for the past 150 days. Her lawyers express doubts about the possibility of …
Ongoing Denial of Family Visits for Death Row Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi; Concerns Over Security Interference in Judicial Process Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Nasrin Roshan, an Iranian-British dual national, is currently serving a three-year prison sentence in Evin Prison. Her sentence was handed down by the …
Nasrin Roshan: Iranian-British Dual National Serving Three-Year Sentence in Evin Prison Read More Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency Sudabeh Fakharzadeh, a 66-year-old political prisoner, is currently serving a five-year prison sentence in Evin Prison. Fakharzadeh was convicted last year by Branch 26 …
66-Year-Old Political Prisoner Sudabeh Fakharzadeh Continues Serving Five-Year Sentence in Evin Prison Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student activist, has been sentenced in absentia to prison by Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman …
Revolutionary Court Sentences Student Activist Leila Hosseinzadeh to Prison Read More
Source: Hengaw Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, has been deprived of in-person visits with family members and her lawyers for the past 125 days. Her case …
Pakhshan Azizi, with her visitation rights still denied, awaits Supreme Court ruling Read More
By Azadeh Akbari Source: Iran International Forty-seven female political prisoners in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison plan a day-long hunger strike to coincide with President Masoud Pezeshkian’s debut address at …
Female prisoners to launch hunger strike for Pezeshkian UNGA speech – sources Read More