Journalists Jason Rezaian and Yeganeh Salehi still detained without charge
Update: Yeganeh Salehi has been released without charge on 6 October 2014. Jason is still detained on charges of "espionage", "collaboration with hostile governments",
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Iran: Abdolafattah Soltani, 2009 Nuremberg Award winner, on Hunger Strike in Evin Prison
On 2 November 2013, human rights defender and lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani began a hunger strike to protest about the lack of proper medical care for himself and other
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Iran- Gulf Center for Human Rights Welcomes Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh; Calls on Iran to Release all Human Rights Defenders
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been released on 18 September 2013 after being imprisoned since 4
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Iran- Health of detained human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh still at risk
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that detained lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh has ended her 49-day hunger strike. The
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Iran- The GCHR calls on the Iranian Authorities to immediately release Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
The Gulf Center for Human Rights expresses concern and solidarity with Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh winner of the 2012 European Parliament Sakharov Prize
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