Civic activist

Another Khamenei critic's 13-year prison sentence upheld in court of appeal

Kamal Jafari Yazdi, a civil activist and university professor in Mashhad, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Khorasan Provincial Court of Appeals…

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The six-year prison sentence of civil activist Farhad Meysami was upheld by the appeals court.

According to Mohammad Moghimi, Farhad Meysami's defense lawyer, the six-year prison sentence of this political prisoner in the appeals court is exactly the same...

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بیانیه کانون نویسندگان ایران درباره فعالان کارگری و مدنی؛ آنها را آزاد کنید

کانون نویسندگان ایران با انتشار بیانیه‌ای خواهان آزادی فوری و بی‌قید و شرط «اسماعیل بخشی»،‌ «سپیده قلیان»، «علی نجاتی»، «امیرحسین…

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Sixth day of Sepideh Qolyan's hunger strike; this civil activist has suffered from "motor disability"

As the sixth day of Sepideh Qolyan, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, continues her hunger strike, the protests show signs of weakness…

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Civil activist Hossein Kamangar is on a hunger strike in the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency detention center.

حسین کمانگر، فعال مدنی زندانی که دی ماه سال گذشته، توسط نیروهای اداره اطلاعات بازداشت‌ و به بازداشتگاه اداره اطلاعات…

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Civil activist Sepideh Farhan's prison sentence confirmed in full in the appeals court; six years in prison and flogging

The prison and flogging sentence for civil activist Sepideh Farhan (Farahabadi), which was previously issued by the Tehran Revolutionary Court, has been revoked.

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Sanandaj journalist Mukhtar Zarei sentenced to prison again in a new case

"Mukhtar Zarei", a civil activist from Sanandaj who was previously sentenced to three years in prison, is being tried in a new case...

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A group of Iranian civil society activists called for the immediate release of women's rights activists from prison.

One hundred civil society activists living in Iran have issued a statement calling for an immediate end to the arrests, threats, and pressure on women's rights activists and...

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