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Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization




Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization
AUGUST 18, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh's Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies
AUGUST 18, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
AUGUST 12, 2020

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Veteran Journalist Reporting to Prison To Serve Three-Year Sentence
AUGUST 24, 2020


Keyvan Samimi Sees Worsening Fear and Repression in Iran The veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi must report to Evin Prison to begin serving a three-year prison sentence for his peaceful activism and reporting. On August 21, Samimi posted a screenshot of an electronic summons from ...


Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer in Poor Health, Needs Hospitalization
AUGUST 18, 2020


New Law Reduces Derafshan’s Sentence By 6 Months, Must Still Serve Two Years Sentence Reductions at Judge’s Discretion in “National Security” Cases Imprisoned human rights attorney Payam Derafshan is in poor health and in need of hospitalization, his lawyer Saeed Dehghan informed the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...


Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Daughter Detained, Persecution of Imprisoned Lawyer’s Family Intensifies
AUGUST 18, 2020


Arrest of Mehraveh Khandan Aimed at Forcing Sotoudeh to End Her Hunger Strike in Prison August 18, 2020—Mehraveh Khandan, the 20-year-old daughter of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested at her home in Tehran on August 17, 2020, and detained in order to force her ...


Nasrin Sotoudeh Begins Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
AUGUST 12, 2020


Prominent Attorney Seeks Release of Political Prisoners Amid COVID-19 Outbreak August 12, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh began a hunger strike on August 11, 2020, to demand the release of political prisoners threatened by the COVID-19 virus, which has spread in Tehran’s Evin Prison. “With ...


New Conviction against Imprisoned Labor Leader Upheld to Keep Him Behind Bars
AUGUST 11, 2020


Jafar Azimzadeh Should Have Been Released, Instead Given Another 13 Months Now Activist Has Contracted COVID-19 in Iran’s Overcrowded Prisons The prominent labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, who should have been released from prison in February 2020 as part of a broad state-issued pardon and who has since ...


Political Prisoners in Iran Contracting COVID-19 at Alarming Rate
AUGUST 11, 2020


Twelve Test Positive, Many Others with Symptoms, None Receiving Proper Treatment Prominent Labor Activists, Lawyer and Journalist Among Those Falling Ill August 11, 2020—Political prisoners in Iran—including prominent labor leaders Esmail Abdi and Jafar Azimzadeh, the human rights attorney Amirsalar Davouudi, the journalist Majid Azarpey ...


Strikes Break Out in Iran’s Critical Oil Industry Amid Continuing Labor Unrest
AUGUST 4, 2020


New Fact Sheet Highlights Widespread Rights Abuses, Protests Likely to Continue August 4, 2020—With workers in Iran’s critical oil refining, petrochemicals and drilling industries striking in southern Iran over working conditions and unpaid wages since July 31, and sugar mill workers in Khuzestan Province protesting unpaid wages since ...


Death Sentences for Five Men Upheld Despite Allegations of Torture, False Confessions
JULY 31, 2020


Evidence Contradicting Guilt Ignored in Effort to Cover Up Security Forces’ Culpability July 31, 2020—Death sentences against five men arrested in Isfahan Province, central Iran, in connection with nationwide protests during December 2017-January 2018, have been upheld by the Supreme Court, a source with knowledge about ...


UN Press Release: Bachelet Alarmed by Threats against Prominent Iranian NGO
JULY 30, 2020


Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (30 July 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said today she was alarmed by the Iranian Government’s increased pressure on a prominent civil society group working on poverty and social protection, and the arrest of its founding ...

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FACTSHEET SPOTLIGHT


The plight of workers continues to prompt unrest in Iran. Independent unions aren’t recognized, labor leaders and activists are imprisoned, workers face chronically unpaid wages, and there is widespread discrimination and child labor.


FEATURED REPORT
A comprehensive examination of the extraordinary violence Iranian state forces used against protesters in November 2019 and January 2020.


ART, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY


Designer Amir Taghi Donates Net Proceeds from Mask Sales to Center for Human Rights in Iran
JUNE 30, 2020

“They Want to Create Fear” More Artists Summoned to Prison Amid Iran’s Rising COVID-19 Death Toll
MARCH 12, 2020

Interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour: Iranian Art in the Shadow of a Crackdown
DECEMBER 9, 2019

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CENTER SPOTLIGHT



List of Attorneys Imprisoned in Iran for Defending Human Rights

At least five human rights attorneys are currently imprisoned in Iran under trumped-up charges, including one who is currently being held incommunicado


Iran’s Human Rights Record

A panel discussion by the Atlantic Council's Future of Iran Initiative


Who Are the Dual and Foreign Nationals Imprisoned in Iran?

At least 14 dual and foreign nationals, as well as foreign permanent residents, are currently imprisoned in Iran


Illustrations

Artwork on human rights themes


GIFs and Posters

GIFs and posters of political prisoners to download and share.


Human Cost of Sanctions

The Impact of sanctions on Iranians' economic and social rights.


Disabilities Rights

CHRI's articles, videos and groundbreaking reports on disabilities rights in Iran.


Art Exhibition

CHRI’s exhibition in NYC featuring the works of prominent Iranian-American artists.

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