Prison

Prisoners of Ward 8 of Evin Prison are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus

Prisoners in Evin Ward 8 have issued a statement warning authorities about the risk of a widespread spread of coronavirus in the prison. From…

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Shahla Jahanbin's early release from Evin Prison

Shahla Jahanbin, a civil activist and one of the signatories of the letter calling for Ali Khamenei's resignation, was released early today, Monday, April 6th...

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Mohammad Saleh Nikbakht, Hossein Kamangar's lawyer: My client has been sentenced to 15 years in prison without any evidence

The lawyer of a jailed civil activist says his client is being tried by the Revolutionary Court on charges of “membership in the Party of Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK).”

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Virtual narrative of torture and repression in Iranian prisons coinciding with "Islamic Republic Day"

A group of Iranian civil society and human rights activists organized a program on the anniversary of the Islamic Republic's referendum, entitled "More than...

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Forced marriage; Child criminal accused of murdering wife released from Qarchak prison in Varamin after paying blood money

On Sunday, April 28, Khaleda Jalili, a child criminal accused of murder, was released from Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The release of this child criminal was…

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Suspects in Ahvaz-Bandar Abbas plane hijacking "amnestied" after 20 years in prison

Iranian media reported on Monday, April 29, the pardon of four defendants in the Ahvaz-Bandar Abbas hijacking case after 20 years in prison…

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British Foreign Secretary: Iran should do the right thing and release dual nationals

The British Foreign Secretary once again called for the release of British-Iranian prisoners Anousheh Ashouri, Morad Tahbaz, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iranian prisons…

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Civil activist summoned to serve prison sentence during coronavirus pandemic in Iran

Zhila Karamzadeh Makondi, a civil activist critical of the compulsory hijab in Iran, was sentenced to death by a court in Iran in September last year.

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