International Response to Abuse in Evin Prison
On April 17th, over 30 inmates in the 350 Ward of Iran’s Evin Prison were subjected to physical abuse and forcible head shavings, according to human rights groups outside of Iran. Victims included political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, both of whom were imprisoned following the uprisings of the disputed […]
A Half-Hearted Attempt at Accountability
A military court in Iran sentenced two men on Wednesday to death and nine others to jail for the torture of three protesters which resulted in their death last summer at the notorious Kahrizak detention center. According to the report on Jahan News, an additional 33 others were also accused of attacking a student dormitory […]
Showing Repentance? 50 Prisoners Released from Evin Wednesday Night
Over the course of the past eight months, thousands of Iranians have been placed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison; this round-up includes protesters of the fraudulent June elections, members of the media, and other political prisoners. Many of these recent detainees have been sentenced to unusually long prison sentencing, and others have even been condemned […]
What’s Next?
The Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was recently released from Evin Prison, has an excellent op-ed in today’s Washington Post. In it, Bahari argues two main points: 1) The U.S. must still pursue diplomacy with Iran and 2) Smart sanctions (targeted ones that don’t affect the Iranian people) are the appropriate sanctions to impose. Our […]
News from Evin
According to mowjcamp, about 20 post-election detainees, mostly the youth, were released on Wednesday. Close sources to the mowjcamp also said that half of the released detainees were women. The only name that is confirmed by this time is Hamid Chubineh, former member of Islamic Association of Students of Tehran University of Medical Science. Chubineh’s […]
Another detainee dies in Evin Prison
According to BBC Persian, Amir Javadi Far has died in Evin Prison after being arrested on the 18th of Tir (July 9th). Javadi Far, who was getting his industrial administrative degree from the University of Qazvin, suffered a broken arm and nose during the 18th of Tir demonstrations. He was immediately placed under arrest and […]
Son of Senior Advisor to Mohsen Rezaie Reportedly Dies in Evin Prison
According to Kodoom, Mohsen Roh Allamini, the son of Dr. Abdullah Hussein Roh Allamini Najafabadi has died in Evin prison after he was arrested during the Tir 18 (July 9) demonstrations. Dr. Najafabadi was one of the top advisers to presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaie. Before that, he was appointed head of the Pastor Institute during […]
Detainees Coerced to Accuse Top Reformists of Crimes; Tapes to Be Televised
Human Rights Watch reported today that “Iranian authorities are coercing detained supporters of reform presidential candidates to implicate leading reformists in illegal acts.” Parleman news [Persian] is reporting that these forced confessions will be aired in the coming days on state TV. In the aftermath of the June 12 contested presidential election, the government has […]
Let me introduce you to one of the people imprisoned in Iran
cross posted from HuffingtonPost: As Iran’s election crisis continues, hundreds if not thousands of prisoners remain in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. Few of them have faces known to the outside world. Some of them may have protested in the streets. Others were in Mir Hussein Moussavi’s inner circle. Still others had nothing to do with […]
Young Blogger Dies in Evin Prison
cross posted from the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Iran: Young Blogger Dies in Prison Second Prisoner of Conscience to Die in the Past Two Weeks (19 March 2009) The death of an imprisoned blogger inside Evin Prison on 18 March, following the recent death of another prisoner of conscience, demonstrates that Iranian […]