Rights Activists

An "Islamic Revolutionary Court" in Tehran has upheld a thirty-year sentence against a prominent Iranian lawyer and defender of human rights

On Sunday 28th July, Leila Hosseinzadeh, an anthropology student at the University of Tehran, was arrested by intelligence agents

University of Tehran anthropology student Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence

Hunger striking activist and freelance journalist Sepideh Qoliyan (also known as Gholian) lost consciousness in her cell on July 27, 2019, and was rushed to ...

The Iranian regime's appeals court in Tehran has upheld a flogging and prison sentence for a civil rights activist

Sepideh Qolian (Gholian), an Iranian civic and labour activist that has been jailed since the beginning of the year has now started a hunger strike. ...

An Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment and that of his family at the ...

Clampdown on civil liberties has been stepped up in Iran under various pretexts in the past few months. The new wave of suppression especially targets ...

Iran has stepped up the suppression of civil liberties in the past few months, introducing new plans to deal with what it deems “unchaste” and ...

The human rights global organization Amnesty International has sent a letter to Iran’s top judicial official demanding the release of three anti-hijab women activists detained ...