Prison

Security pressure continues on the families of political prisoners; first court hearing of Nasrin Sotoudeh's daughter held in Iran

The first court hearing for Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of imprisoned lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, will take place on Monday, November 25.

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Lack of medical attention for Saeed Eghbali in Evin Prison

Saeed Eghbali, a civil rights activist serving a five-year sentence in Evin Prison, is...

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Australia demands explanation from Tehran over transfer of Australian university professor imprisoned in Iran to undisclosed location

Australia says it has asked Tehran to respond to reports of the transfer of Australian university professor Kylie Moore Gilbert from Qarchak prison to…

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Transfer of female political prisoners to smaller prisons; Sotoudeh's husband says they were "exiled" through "lies and deceit"

Reports and news published on social media indicate that after the transfer of Nasrin Sotoudeh, the attorney general and…

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Morgan Ortagus's reaction to Nasrin Sotoudeh's transfer from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison

A spokesperson for the US State Department has confirmed the transfer of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights defender, from Evin Prison to…

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Video of young woman being beaten in Abadan; security guard sent to prison

Following the release of a video of a woman in Abadan with a "bloody face" being pushed to the ground by two other women...

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More than forty days after the execution; No access to Navid Afkari's case/ Increasing concern about the Afkari brothers' situation

Hassan Younesi, the lawyer for the Afkari brothers, complained about the lack of access to Navid Afkari's case despite 40 days having passed since his execution.

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Nasrin Sotoudeh transferred to Qarchak "to serve 12 years in prison"

The Tehran Provincial Prisons Directorate announced on Wednesday that political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh will serve a new sentence stemming from…

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