Petition Tag Political prisoners

UPDATE: JULY 10, 2014--It is over 40 days since Reza began his hunger strike. His situation took a turn for… read more

UPDATE: August 9, 2014--Following 2 months since his arrest, Saeed Shirzad, children’s rights and human rights activist was transferred to… read more

An Iranian journalist has been sentenced to 50 lashes and two years in prison over charges of spreading anti-government propaganda… read more

UPDATE JANUARY 12, 2016-- IRANIAN REFORM JOURNALIST REYHANEH TABATABAEI BEGINS ONE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IN EVIN PRISON The well-known reformist journalist… read more

On July 8, 2014 it was reported that Iranian journalist Sajedeh Arabsorkhi was summoned to prison to being serving her… read more

URGENT UPDATE MARCH 13, 2015--IMPRISONED IRANIAN JOURNALIST SERAJEDDIN MIRDAMADI IS BEING KEPT IN EVIN PRISON'S NOTORIOUSLY AWFUL WARD 8--AND DENIED… read more

Eight young Iranians active on Facebook have been sentenced to a total of 127 years in prison by Branch 28… read more

The judge who sent three al-Jazeera English journalists to jail in Egypt has accused them of being in league with… read more

Farideh Shahgholi, a German-Iranian netizen, was arrested for her activities on social media, including Facebook. Up to now, theGerman authorities… read more

On 30 August, the prominent Bahraini human rights defender Maryam al-Khawaja, was detained upon her arrival in Manama, the country’s… read more