UPDATE: February 18, 2015 SAUDI SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS 15-YEAR SENTENCE! An appeals court in Saudi Arabia has upheld a 15… read more
Fadhil Makki al-Manasif, 26, is a photographer and a member of the Adala Center for Human Rights (Adala Center), a… read more
UPDATE August 12, 2014--The youths involved in making the “Happy in Tehran” dance video will be collectively put on trial… read more
HRANA News Agency May 29, 2014 – Bahman Tafazoli was arrested and has been detained in Dehdasht’s prison since February… read more
UPDATE--On July 20 and 21 2014 the Revolutionary Court put Journalist Saba Azarpeik on trial. Each session lasted four hours.… read more
Kalame (Translation by Persian Banno) June 10, 2014: The Tehran Appellate Court has upheld the 5 year imprisonment sentence of… read more
Four Sunni prisoners on death row, Hamed Ahmadi, Jahangir Dehghani, Jamshid Dehghani and Kamal Molaee, have been transferred to solitary… read more
Tehran University professor and prominent Iranian analyst Sadegh Zibakalam has been given an 18-month prison sentence for questioning the usefulness… read more
UPDATE: May 19, 2015--Negar Haeri, an Iranian human rights lawyer and daughter of political prisoner Mashallah Haeri, was taken to… read more
Iranian author, critic and blogger Dr. Mehdi Khazali was rushed to hospital Saturday, June 28 2014 after suffering a heart… read more