Imprisonment
The case of Kurdish Iranian death row prisoner Behruz Alakhani
(21 May 2012) -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned from an informed source close to the case of Kurdish Iranian death ... Read more
Transfer of a Kurdish political prisoner in a dire health condition to an unknown location
(7 May 2012) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received reports from former prisoners at Rajaee Shahr prison in Karaj, Iran that ... Read more
Special Report: Ghader Mohammadzadeh and Mohammad Amin Abdollahi
(5 April 2012) – As part of its on-going investigation into the condition of Kurdish political prisoners in Iran, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center ... Read more
Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran is Renewed by Human Rights Council
(22 March 2012) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) commends the decision of the Human Rights Council this afternoon to extend the mandate ... Read more
Christians in Isfahan face increasing pressure and arrests
(16 March 2012) -- According to reports received in recent weeks by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), security agents from the Isfahan intelligence ... Read more
Severe Beating and Transfer of Kurdish Prisoner Mostafa Salimi to Solitary Cell
(8 March 2012) -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received reports that on Monday, March 5, Mostafa Salimi—a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced ... Read more
2012 International Women's Day Message from Fatemeh Goftari
(8 March 2012) Fatemeh Goftari - a Kurdish mother and activist -- is a former political prisoner who was jailed in 2002 and 2008 for her women's rights activism. Watch video
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 3/6/2012
A/HRC/19/66 Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary The present report, the first to be submitted to the Human Rights Council, ... Read more
Update: Return of seven Kurdish political prisoners to Orumieh’s central prison
(21 February 2012) – Last week, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center received reports that on Tuesday, February 14 seven Kurdish political prisoners were transferred ... Read more
Saeed Malekpour: A Canadian on Iran’s death row
By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Evin Prison Ward 350 The pain bores through the night like a red hot needle: a torturer’s tool embedded in the body and ... Read more
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