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Kurdish political prisoner Habibollah Golparipour transferred to undisclosed location; at risk of imminent execution

(16 March 2012) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received reports that yesterday Habibollah Golparipour—a Kurdish political…

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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…

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Member states at 19th Session of UN Human Rights Council support work of UN Special Rapporteur on Iran; others claim process is “politicized”

GENEVA – On Monday, March 12, 2012, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed—the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the…

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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…

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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…

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What follows campaigning? Moving from awareness to reform.

In this installment of the Laurier Institution Community Dialogue Series on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Gissou Nia -- the Executive…

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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…

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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…

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Iran’s “heroic struggle to reclaim its lost humanity”

This is the testimony McGill international law professor Payam Akhavan is delivering to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and…

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Kurdish political prisoners transferred from Orumieh prison to an unknown location

Kurdish political prisoners were transferred from Orumieh prison to an undisclosed location, families report

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