Following additional restrictions imposed on political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison by its newly appointed Director Gholamreza Ziaei, Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s visits with her family members have been canceled, the ...
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New director of Evin Prison begins with denial of political prisoners rights
The appointment of Gholamreza Ziaei, former director of two disreputable prisons in Iran, as the new chief of Evin Prison on July 27, 2019, has been followed by unlawful ...
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Iranian prisons are “hell on earth”
According to global statistics, Iran occupied the sixth place in the world in terms of the most number of prisoners. Yet Iran ranks 19th globally in terms of population
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A clergyman committed suicide in Iranian notorious Evin Prison
A newspaper in Iran says a clergyman committed suicide in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison’s special ward for the clergy. Qanun (Law) newspaper adds that the reason for the suicide ...
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Female activists write letter from prison for Iranian rulers
In a letter written from Tehran’s Evin prison, four inmates have lambasted the Islamic Republic's establishment for persecuting independent journalists, political and civil rights activists accusing them of security-related ...
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Iranian political prisoner tortured and denied medical treatment
According to reports from inside Iran, prison authorities tortured Iranian political prisoner Mehdi Farahi Shandiz in Karaj Central Prison. Prison guards transferred Farahi Shandiz to the prison’s medical center ...
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