Human Rights

Middle East/North Africa - Iran - Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012)

Reporters Without BordersReporters Without Borders, 7 Feb 2012
Blogger sentenced to jail, newspaper suspended

The Tehran revolutionary court yesterday sentenced Mehdi Khazali, editor of the Baran blog, to 14 years’ imprisonment, 10 years’ internal exile in the south-western city of Borazjan and 70 lashes. He was arrested on 9 January for the third time in less than two years.

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German reporter says he was beaten in Iran

German journalists Jens Koch, left, and Marcus Hellwig,AP, Berlin, 5 Feb 2012 A German reporter says he was beaten by guards during his nearly five months of imprisonment in Iran and that he heard constant, “horrible cries” of other inmates being tortured.

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Joint appeal Rights groups urge international community to press Iran to end violations

eporters Without Borders, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights urge the international community to take a much firmer stance on respect for human rights in Iran by raising this essential issue in the talks currently under way with the country’s authorities.Reporters Without Borders, Paris, 3 Feb 2012 - Reporters Without Borders, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights urge the international community to take a much firmer stance on respect for human rights in Iran by raising this essential issue in the talks currently under way with the country’s authorities.

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Ashraf residents’ relatives arrested in IranAshraf residents’ relatives arrested in Iran

Ashraf residents’ relatives arrested in IranICFTO - A week after the Iranian regime’s agents arrested Alireza Jabbari and Mohammad Rahmani, both relatives of Ashraf residents, no information exists about their whereabouts. The mullahs’ regime has been placing pressure on Ashraf residents’ families in Iran, arresting many for no reason at all.

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Mass execution of 22 prisoners in Evin

Mass execution of 22 prisoners in EvinHRANA News Agency – On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, twenty two prisoners were hanged in Evin on drug related charges.  These prisoners were transferred from Ghazal Hesar Prison on Saturday and Sunday and locked up in solitary confinement in Evin Prison in preparation for the executions.

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