Human rights

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- Mostafa Tork Hamedani, attorney of Hengameh Shahidi, imprisoned journalist and human rights activist, has filed suit against the judge presiding over his client’s case.

Iran Human Rights – The verdict of Mehrdad, who was sentenced to imprisonment and paying blood money (Diya in Islam) on the charge of murder at the age of 17, was rejected by the Supreme Court and this time he was sentenced to death.

CHRI – Following are the summary, introduction, and recommendations of the report of the UN secretary general on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/189. The full report can be accessed here or under symbol A/73/299 on the OHCHR website.

Radiofarda – Harassment by Iranian authorities of jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s family has intensified, activists report.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Foreign Minister has used Twitter to speak out against Twitter, despite Iran officially blocking Twitter. Here’s the full story.

Iran-HRM – Tehran University student Soha Mortezaie, was sentenced to six years behind bars and a two-year ban on membership in political parties and associations.

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- In the interest of obtaining Mohammad Habibi’s medical treatment and release from detainment, over 1400 Iranian civil and union activists have signed a letter to the attention Iran’s Supreme Leader, as his case steadily gains exposure with syndicates abroad.

CHRI – Detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has given up her family visitation right in protest against a prosecutor’s demand that she receive visitors fully draped in a hijab.

Radiofarda – Five French trade unions have called for the release of Iranian teacher Mohammad Habibi and other teachers imprisoned in Iran in an open letter to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran-HRM – Shaghayegh Zabihi, an architecture student, was denied her associate degree and the right to continue her studies. Regime authorities have cite her Bahai faith.