Paris-Geneva, June 13, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), denounces the unfair sentence on appeal of Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani to 13 years in prison in exile in the remote city of Borazjan (southern Bushehr province).
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IRAN: Prominent human rights lawyer sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in exile on appeal
Prisoners of conscience could die in Iranian government jails
Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), its Iranian affiliate (the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights) and Reporters Without Borders firmly condemn the inhuman treatment that human rights activists, journalists, netizens and other prisoners of conscience are receiving in Iran’s jails.
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Iran: New wave of repression launched against ethnic communities
23 May 2012 – Karim Lahidji, vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and president of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today:
Iran Should Return Bodies of Execution Victims, Giving Closure to the Families
“I recall the words Kak (brother) Farzad whispered in my ears in our last phone conversation: ‘human rights have no borders. We have to eliminate borders. This is our duty; me from within prison and you from outside’.”
Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran
The above signatories representing 17 human rights and student organizations express deep concern about the alarming state of academic freedom in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in particular violations of the rights to freedom of expression,
IRAN: Supporter of “Mourning Mothers”, Ms. Mansoureh Behkish, sentenced to 4.5 years of prison
Paris-Geneva, April 5, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), deplores the sentencing of human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish and calls for an end to her judicial harassment.
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Interrupted Lives: Portraits of Student Repression in Iran Will be at Northeastern Illinois University
Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF) is pleased to announce the opening of its special exhibit, Interrupted Lives, at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
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Report on the Symposium on Breaking the Cycle of State Violence in Iran
The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran: A Quest for Justice
Author:
Geoffrey Robertson
Publisher:
Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
Published:
April 18, 2011
Type:
Report
• PDF document (English, 2.85 MB)
• PDF document (Farsi, 3.30 MB)
“[This] massacre bids comparison with Srebrenica… Katyn Forest… [and] with the Japanese death marches… This particular slaughter… was carefully planned and executed by state leaders working through the judicial and penal system… It was a dreadful crime against humanity.” –Mr. Geoffrey Robertson, QC, 25 October 2011, University of Oxford
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Iran UN regulations mandate proper medical care for prisoners of conscience
17 November 2011: Several prisoners of conscience in Iran are in pressing need of proper medical treatment, which is not available inside the various prisons where they are held. However, the Iranian authorities are using their poor health conditions to exert more pressure on them, to coerce them to make false confessions or to issue new charges against them and prolong their detention.
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY
Iran – September 28, 2011 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.
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