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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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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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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…
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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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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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The mental health of Reza Malek, Ayub Ghanbarpourian, and other political prisoners jailed in Evin prison is in peril
By Firooze Ramezanzadeh, special to IHRDC’s Inside Iran (8 February 2012) – According to the latest reports received from Evin…
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Continued detention of six Kurdish political prisoners in solitary confinement in Orumieh central prison in Iran
(20 December 2011) – The families of six Kurdish political prisoners held in solitary confinement at Orumieh central prison still…
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Transfer of six political prisoners to solitary confinement in the central prison of Orumieh
(12 December 2011) On the evening of Monday, December 5, 2011, prison guards attacked Ward 12, the ward that houses…
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