Punishment
Punishment
- Reports
Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran
This preliminary report documents and analyzes the regime’s brutal suppression of dissent after the June 12, 2009 presidential elections. Hours…
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Surviving Rape in Iran’s Prisons
This report documents the ordeals of five former prisoners – two women and three men – who provide their first-hand…
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Silencing the Women’s Rights Movement in Iran
This report examines the Islamic Republic’s attempt to dismantle the women’s rights movement leading up to and following the June…
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Witness Testimony: Ali Afshari
Forced Confession: Ali Afshari, a political analyst, human rights advocate and former leader of the student movement in Iran, describes…
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Witness Testimony: Kourosh Sehati
If Not You, Then Your Brother: Kourosh Sehati, a journalist and human rights activist, describes his multiple arrests between 2000…
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Witness Statement: Mitra Lager
Mitra Lager, a former supporter of the Mojahdedin-e Khalq (MEK), describes her arrests and torture in the early and mid-1980s…
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Witness Statement: Reza Azad
Reza Azad describes the brutal mistreatment and torture he suffered as a political prisoner in Iran from 1982 to 1987.…
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Witness Statement: Mahdis
“Mahdis” was a student activist and a follower of Ayatollah Kazemeyni Borujerdi. She participated in the Student Day demonstrations of…
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Witness Statement: Ali Kantoori
Ali Kantoori, socio-political activist, describes his mistreatment and torture in solitary confinement in Evin prison due to his efforts to…
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Witness Statement: Mahmoud Roghani
In this witness statement, Mahmoud Roghani describes his imprisonment in Iran from 1983 to 1989. Roghani was a member of…
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