A month after his arrest, judicial authorities informed the family of detained journalist Amir Ali Allamehzadeh that he is held in a solitary cell inside Ward 2-A of Evin Prison, a friend of Allamehzadeh told the International Campaign for…
A Kurdish citizen in Khoi (West Azarbaijan in Iran) was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of cooperating with dissent groups and act against the national security by the revolution court of Islamic regime. Based on a received…
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Yemeni capital to demand the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, galvanized by the death of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. "Ali, it's your turn next, yours and…
A powerful earthquake has hit eastern Turkey near the city of Van, less than 100 kilometers from the border with Iran. The U.S. Geological Service said the earthquake measured 7.3 on the Richter scale and was centered some 19 kilometers…
Imprisoned lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh has been denied visits for refusing to wear the chador (long open cloak worn by Iranian women on top of their hijab). She has refused to wear the chador, stating that it is a…
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