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Front Line joins joint open letter to the Iranian authorities concerning attacks and harassment of women human rights defenders.

Front Line, along with numerous other civil society organisations, has signed an open letter to the Iranian authorities asking them to end the harassment and prosecution of members of all women’s rights activists and defenders in Iran, including members of the One Million Signatures Campaign.

Read the letter to the Iranian authorities

Iran: Esha Momeni, Member of the Iranian One Million Signatures Campaign released on bail

Case Update

Esha Momeni Iranian-American student who had returned to Iran to complete her thesis involving a film documentary on women's situation -arrested on 15 October 2008-, has been released on a 198000 dollar bail from Evin prison. According to Reza Momeni, her father, Esha is not allowed to leave Iran and has to be present in a political court hearing on charges of "acting against national security and propagating against the government". These charges are heavy enough to have her sentenced to a life prison term. Read more about Esha Momeni's release.  Read More

Iran - Denial of necessary Treatment to Iranian Human Rights Defender Kaboudvand While in Solitary confinement

Front Line is concerned for the wellbeing of Muhammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, a journalist and the founder of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK). Information received today reveals that Muhammad Sadiq Kaboudvand is in solitary confinement and has been denied necessary medical treatment.  Read More

Iran - Denial of necessary Treatment to Human Rights Defender Kaboudvand While in Solitary confinement

Front Line is concerned for the wellbeing of Muhammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, a journalist and the founder of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK). Information received today reveals that Mr. Kaboudvand is in solitary confinement and has been denied necessary treatment.  Read More

Iran: Continued detention of Saleh Kamrani and Said Metinpour for representing Azerbaijani community

Lawyer Saleh Kamrani and journalist Sa’id Metinpour are currently being detained in Section 209 of Evin Prison, Tehran. Saleh Kamrani is a lawyer who has represented members of Iran’s discriminated Azerbaijani minority. Both he and Sa’id Metinpour are active in promoting the rights of the Azerbaijani minority in Iran.  Read More

Site of the "One Million Signatures Campaign" Blocked for 16th Time

Change for Equality: In yet another attempt to silence the demand for equality and the voice of activists involved in the One Million Signatures Campaign, the site of the Campaign, Change for Equality was blocked. This constitutes the sixteenth time Change for Equality has been blocked.  Read More

Iran: Women Human Rights Defenders Ronak Safarzadeh, Hana Abdi, and Fatemeh Goftari Sent to Solitary Confinement

According to information received from the city of Sanandaj, Ronak Safarzadeh, Hana Abdi, and Fatemeh Goftari, women human rights defenders, cultural and social council members of Kurdistan Azarmehr Women and members of the One Million Signatures campaign for legislative reform to promote women's rights in Iran, lost three weeks of visiting rights and were transferred to solitary confinement.  Read More

Iran: Transfer of trade union leader, Mansour Osanloo, to Rajaei Prison in the city of Karaj

Front Line is concerned by reports of the transfer of human rights defender Mansour Osanloo to Rajaei Prison in the city of Karaj. Mansour Osanloo is an advocate of workers' rights and President of the Executive Board of Sherkat-e Vahed (the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Vahed Company), Mansour Osanloo was arrested on 10 July 2007 by security services while he was leaving his place of work. Following his arrest, he was sentenced to five-year imprisonment after being convicted of “anti-regime propaganda” and “activities against national security”.  Read More

Iran: Sentencing of human rights defender and journalist Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the sentencing of Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi to five years in prison. Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi is a journalist and writer who has written in defence of the rights of ethnic minorities, particularly the Ahwazi Arab ethnic group to which he belongs. He is also a founder member of the Iranian PEN association, which works to promote and protect the right to freedom of expression.  Read More

Iran: Execution of human rights defender Yaghoub Mehrnehad

Front Line is gravely concerned following reports that human rights defender Yaghoub Mehrnehad has been executed. Yaghoub Mehrnehad was a journalist and human rights defender who worked in defence and promotion of the rights of Baluch peoples in Iran. Yaghoub Mehrnahad was also the founder of Anjoman Sedayeh edalat (Voice of Justice Association), a non-governmental organisation which organised cultural activities for Baluch people.  Read More

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