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Urgent Action update: Health concern for Canadian-Iranian professor in Iran
The health of Canadian-Irish-Iranian citizen Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old prominent professor of anthropology, has deteriorated. Held in solitary confinement since 6 June, she has been denied access to specialized medical care for a neurological condition.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Sep 2016 -
Update Urgent Action: Elderly prisoner at risk of losing his eye sight in Iran
Kamal Foroughi, a 77-year-old British-Iranian man jailed in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has developed cataracts in both his eyes.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Omid Kokabee granted conditional release in Iran
Iranian physicist Omid Kokabee, who was on medical leave following his surgery for advanced kidney cancer, has been granted conditional release.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience in need of medical care in Iran
Iranian postgraduate student Hamid Babaei is being denied access to the specialized medical care he needs, including medication.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action Update: Two jailed artists serving 3-year prison terms in Iran
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian and his filmmaker brother Hossein Rajabian began serving their three-year prison terms on 4 June.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Aug 2016 -
Iranian women's rights activists treated as 'enemies of the state' in renewed crackdownPress release 10 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youths execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth, Alireza Tajiki, has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian youth's execution halted, still at risk
The execution of 20-year-old Iranian youth Alireza Tajiki has been postponed again following renewed public pressure. Despite this, Alireza Tajiki, who was 15 years old when arrested, remains at risk of execution as the authorities have yet to quash his…
Urgent action outcomes 04 Aug 2016 -
Iran hangs teenage student in first child offender execution of the yearStudent Hassan Afshar is the first child offender to be executed in Iran this year
Press release 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian man released from death row
Ehsan Shah Ghasemi, a 25-year-old Iranian man who had been on death row since October 2014, was released from prison on 13 March after he was pardoned by the victim’s family in September 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Iranian prisoner of conscience ends hunger strike
Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, a prisoner of conscience, ended her hunger strike after 20 days on 16 July when she was allowed a 30-minute telephone call with her children.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Sick prisoner of conscience returned to prison in Iran
Civil society activist and prisoner of conscience Saeed Hosseinzadeh was forced to interrupt his treatment and return to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 11 July after the Office of the Prosecutor refused to extend his medical leave despite doctors’ advice.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Iran is 'toying with lives' of political prisoners by denying them medical care - new reportPress release 18 Jul 2016
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Urgent Action Update: Iranian human rights defender on hunger strike
Narges Mohammadi, a prisoner of conscience, has been on hunger strike since 27 June in protest at the authorities’ persistent refusal to allow her to speak with her young children.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Jailed Iranian trade unionist's health and life at risk
Iranian trade unionist, Jafar Azimzadeh, lost consciousness on 27 June following a two-month-long hunger strike. He is at risk of being returned to Tehran’s Evin Prison, where his life may be at risk. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Critically ill lawyer returned to evin prison in Iran
Prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was returned to Tehran’s Evin Prison on 7 June after he went on prison leave following his mother’s death.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Canadian-Iranian professor detained in Tehran
Canadian-Iranian citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old professor of anthropology, was arrested on 6 June following months of questioning by the Revolutionary Guards. She is being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison with no access to her family or lawyer, and…
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jun 2016 -
Urgent Action: Elderly Brtish-Iranian prisoner in need of medical care in Iran
A 76-year-old British-Iranian businessman, Kamal Foroughi, is serving an eight-year prison term on charges including espionage
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jun 2016 -
Update: Health of British-Iranian prisoner in Iran remains at risk
Kamal Foroughi, a 76-year-old British-Iranian serving an eight-year prison term in Tehran’s Evin Prison, was taken to hospital and received a number of medical tests in November 2015.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Jun 2016
