Prison

Fariba Adelkhah and Kylie Moore Gilbert will go on a "dry food strike" in Evin Prison starting Christmas Eve.

Fariba Adelkhah, an Iranian-French citizen, and Kylie Moore Gilbert, an Australian citizen, who are imprisoned in Iran, have released a letter from…

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Kurdish writer and researcher sentenced to 69 months in prison in a trial without a defense lawyer

In recent days, Mojgan Kavsi, a Kurdish writer and researcher from Kelardasht, was sentenced to 5 years and…

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Three Baha'i citizens sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison in the Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeals issued the sentences of Yalda Firouzian, Ardeshir Fanaian, and Behnam Eskandarian, Baha'i citizens residing in Semnan. The Defense Campaign…

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Nine Christian converts in Iran sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison

9 Christian converts named Abdolreza (Matias) Alihaqnejad, Shahroz Eslamdoost, Behnam Akhlaqi, Babak Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Khatibi, Khalil Dehghanpour, Hossein Kadivar,…

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Sepideh Qolyan's shocking account of the torture of an Arab-Iranian woman in Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz

Sepideh Qolyan, a civil rights activist who is currently temporarily released on bail, tweeted in a series of tweets…

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Nine labor rights activists sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison by the Court of Appeal

Sepideh Gholian, Esmaeil Bakhshi, Mohammad Khanifar, Amir Amirgholi, Amir Hossein Mohammadifard, Sanaz Allahyari, Asal Mohammadi, Atefeh Rangriz, and Marzieh Amiri from…

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Raheleh Ahmadi, Saba Kord Afshari's mother, sentenced to 50 months in prison

Raheleh Ahmadi, the mother of Saba Kord Afshari, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran, was sentenced to four years in prison by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

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Committee to Protect Journalists: Number of journalists imprisoned in Iran reaches 11

The Committee to Protect Journalists says the number of journalists imprisoned in Iran has reached 11 in 2019. The organization…

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