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UN group demands release of Iranian lawyer

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) had found that the Islamic Republic’s incarceration of Iranian lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani is arbitrary, and the UN watchdog has called for his immediate release. » read more

Nasrin Sotoudeh given first furlough

Nasrin Sotoudeh, the jailed Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, has been given a furlough for the first time since she was jailed in September of 2010. » read more

Jailed lawyer transferred to hospital

Abdolfattah Soltani, a jailed Iranian human rights lawyer, has reportedly been transferred to Sinai Hospital in Tehran for treatment of complications in his digestive system. » read more

Rights group condemns treatment of jailed lawyer

The treatment of jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in Iran has been strongly condemned by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. » read more

Jailed lawyer on hunger strike

Nasrin Sotoudeh, the jailed Iranian human rights lawyer, has been on a hunger strike since last week, her husband informed the Kaleme opposition website. » read more

Jailed activist lost vision temporarily

Nargess Mohammadi, the jailed Iranian human rights activist, has informed her family that she lost her vision and then recovered it after five days of hospital care. » read more

Jailed activist writes letter of protest

Jailed Iranian human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi is challenging her “illegal” transfer to Zanjan Prison and, in a letter to the Tehran prosecutor, she writes that this treatment is in effect a sentence of “gradual death.” » read more

Human rights lawyer to serve 13-year sentence

Iranian human rights lawyer and activist Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 13 years in jail by a Tehran Revolutionary Court. » read more

Ebadi, rights groups condemn treatment of political prisoners

Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian Nobel Peace laureate, has joined with three major international human rights organizations to call for the release of political prisoners in Tehran who are “seriously ill.” » read more