Prison

Four Dervish women sentenced to 20 years in prison

Reports indicate that four female dervishes are being held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin on charges of “gathering and colluding with the intent to…

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1.5 years in prison, travel ban, and deprivation; punishment for a young woman for attending a student event

According to this news, which was published on Monday, July 1, Fereshteh Toosi, a student activist and master's student at the University of…

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Iran's judiciary sentences 25 dervishes to a total of 69 years in prison

The Gonabadi Dervish news site says that 25 of the dervishes have been sentenced to a total of 69 years in prison by the Iranian judiciary.

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“Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested to serve a five-year prison sentence”

Reza Khandan, the husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, told Deutsche Welle that a trial was held for her in her absence, and that this trial…

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Continued violations of the rights of imprisoned dervishes; eight imprisoned dervishes went on hunger strike

Following the continued pressure on imprisoned dervishes and their deprivation of basic and legal rights, eight dervishes in Fashafoyeh prison…

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The physical condition of a Kurdish political prisoner worsens after 11 years in prison

The general condition of Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian in Khoy Prison has worsened due to the prison authorities' opposition to her medical treatment.

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