Campaigns and Advocacy - Iran
8 May 2012
Iran
Authorities urged to free students jailed for speaking out
A joint campaign initiated by Iranian and international student and rights groups calls for the unconditional and immediate release of the 32 students in prison on various national security-related charges.
23 September 2011
Iran
UN member states should challenge Ahmadinejad as campaign to crush dissent continues, says Human Rights Watch
Lethal force has reportedly been used against protesters, while opposition leaders, lawyers, journalists and rights activists have been detained on politically-motivated charges.
13 June 2011
Iran
Rampant impunity continues to claim victims, say human rights organisations
Political prisoner and women's rights activist Haleh Sahabi was attacked during the funeral procession of her father, Ezatollah Sahabi, a prominent politician, who had died of natural causes two days earlier.
26 April 2011
Iran
UN High Commissioner urged to intervene to stop persecution of independent publishers, writers
A blacklist issued in January 2011 lists, among others, those publishers who are allegedly attempting to overthrow the "Islamic establishment".
28 March 2011
Iran
UN Human Rights Council votes to send special rapporteur to Iran
The authorities have been persecuting the political opposition, human rights activists and journalists ceaselessly ever since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection in June 2009.
2 March 2011
Take action! - Iran
Stop the executions and release prisoners of conscience
Join Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Amnesty in calling on the Iranian authorities to institute an immediate moratorium on all executions and release the thousands who have been jailed for peacefully speaking out. Sign the petition here.
11 February 2011
Iran
More than 1,000 press freedom supporters urge Iran to end crackdown
As Iran marks the 32nd anniversary of the country's revolution, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei was urged to free all imprisoned journalists.
8 December 2010
Iran
Talks on nuclear programme cannot ignore terrible situation of human rights and free speech, according to RSF
RSF has written to the foreign ministers of the six countries conducting negotiations with Iran about its nuclear programme.
11 November 2010
Iran
PEN Canada and CJFE call for help for Hossein Derakhshan from the Canadian government
Canadian media organisations are writing to Prime Minister Harper about concerns for the Canadian-Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan.
29 October 2010
Iran
Human rights crisis requires international scrutiny, Human Rights Watch says
Human Rights Watch and a number of other international and Iranian groups have issued the following statement seeking action by the United Nations General Assembly in light of the human rights crisis that continues to unfold in the country.
1 October 2010
Joint action - Iran
Thirty-three IFEX members condemn excessive prison sentence handed down to blogger Hossein Derakhshan
IFEX members condemned the 19-and-a-half-year prison sentence given to the Canadian-Iranian blogger and called for his immediate release.
25 August 2010
Take action! - Iran
Sign a petition for blogger facing execution
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging you to sign a petition to save the life of jailed Iranian blogger and human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari. She has been charged with assembly and collusion to commit a crime, propagating against the regime and, the heaviest charge of all, "mohareb", or rebellion against God. She is facing possible execution.
16 July 2010
Iran
Many journalists and other prisoners of conscience still detained despite being seriously ill
A year after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed reelection, more than 100 political prisoners are still being held in Iranian jails in inhuman and degrading conditions, RSF said.
22 June 2010
Iran
One year on, repression continues: RSF calls for release of prisoners of opinion
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, thousands of protestors took to the streets.
10 June 2010
Iran
One year after disputed election, Iran continues war on journalists
With 37 journalists in prison and another 19 free on short-term furloughs, Iran has the dishonourable distinction of being the world's worst jailer of journalists.
9 June 2010
Iran
Marking a year of struggle since controversial presidential elections
The fourth of a series of updates on ARTICLE 19's work to combat censorship.
7 June 2010
International / Iran
World's press calls for freedom for jailed Iranian journalists
At its meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany, WAN-IFRA called on several governments to uphold international standards of freedom of expression and freedom of the press.
3 May 2010
Take action! - International / Iran
Sign electronic postcard to highlight struggle in Iran on World Press Freedom Day
IFJ calls on journalists around the world to send their electronic postcard to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling for the release of all detained journalists and the reopening of the AoIJ office in Tehran.
8 April 2010
Joint action - Iran
More than 3,500 petition government to release journalists, writers
Petitioners' names were collected through the "Our Society Will Be a Free Society" campaign, a coalition project dedicated to winning the freedom of all journalists jailed in Iran.
24 March 2010
Iran
ARTICLE 19 highlights recent contributions to Azad Tribune
Among the new articles is a piece by Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi entitled: "Censorship in Iran and the World".
3 March 2010
Take action! - Iran
Help free imprisoned journalists
Leading press freedom and free expression groups are asking for your support to help free imprisoned journalists, writers and bloggers in Iran. Since the disputed June elections, there has been a brutal crackdown on dissent. In response, a coalition of free expression organisations has launched a petition drive calling for the release of those imprisoned. More dissidents are in prison in Iran than in any other country in the world: out of at least 60 political prisoners, 47 of them are journalists. Generally, prisoners are held incommunicado and some are tortured.
19 February 2010
Joint action - Iran
Free expression groups call on Iran to open door to UN rights experts
Tehran's envoy backtracked on his invitation to the UN's special rapporteurs to visit and investigate claims of rights abuses.
11 February 2010
Joint action - Iran
Free press and free expression organisations to Iran: release jailed journalists, writers
A coalition of international journalists', writers', and publishers' organisations has launched a campaign to press the government of Iran to release their imprisoned colleagues.
4 February 2010
Iran
Campaigners call on Europe to press Iran over human rights abuses
In a meeting at the European Parliament, IFJ and other groups called for the release of jailed journalists, writers, trades unionists and dissidents.
10 December 2009
Iran
ARTICLE 19 launches Azad Tribune - an online platform to encourage free expression
On International Human Rights Day, ARTICLE 19 launched an interactive website to encourage networking among bloggers, journalists and activists in Iran.
11 November 2009
Awards / Iran
Four journalists receive Hellman/Hammett grants
Four Iranians are among 37 writers receiving the Hellman/Hammett award, recognising their commitment to free expression and courage in the face of persecution.
22 October 2009
Iran
RSF announces launch of new website for media professionals as exodus of journalists continues
The organisation has helped launch a multimedia platform for disseminating information about the media and journalists, and for collecting articles, photos and videos provided by journalists themselves.
24 July 2009
Joint action - Iran
Five IFEX members and numerous other organisations condemn repression ahead of International Day of Solidarity
Human rights organizations from the Arab region express utter condemnation of the brutal repression undertaken by Iranian authorities against large masses of Iranian people involved in peaceful demonstrations.
22 July 2009
Take action! - Iran
Join global day of action in a city near you
From Stockholm to Bogota to Ouagadougou, rallies will take place at Iranian embassies across the globe on 25 July to protest the regime's killing and jailing of political demonstrators who took to the streets after disputed elections on 12 June. Join the crowd in one of 55 cities listed on http://united4iran.org , to call for freedom and democracy in Iran.
16 July 2009
Joint action - Iran
One hundred prominent journalists call for release of Maziar Bahari
More than 100 prominent journalists from 47 countries sent a petition to the Iranian government calling for the immediate release of Maziar Bahari, "Newsweek"'s Tehran correspondent, who has been held without charge since June 21.
1 July 2009
Take action! - Iran
Help journalists in Iran
As journalists in Iran continue to be arrested in the aftermath of the country's disputed 12 June elections, Amnesty International is asking you to help seek their release. Also, join Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance (HAMSA), which has started up a petition protesting Telecom joint venture Nokia Siemens for providing the Iranian government with a "monitoring centre."
24 April 2009
Joint action - Iran
JOINT ACTION: Thirty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Roxana Saberi
Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders lead appeal by 35 IFEX members expressing concern about Saberi's sentencing to eight years in prison
29 August 2006
Iran
Campaigning for the release of imprisoned Canadian-Iranian writer and scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo
PEN Canada is leading a campaign to free Ramin Jahanbegloo of Iran, a Canadian-Iranian academic currently imprisoned in Iran. Kristina Stockwood, IFEX Outreach Coordinator, spoke to David Cozac, PEN Canada’s Programmes Coordinator, and Morteza Abdolalian, Editor and Publisher of IRAN WATCH CANADA.
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Demand the release of journalist Eskinder Nega
Join in the call for the release of Ethiopian journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega who could face the death penalty if convicted. Sign the petition
1 May 2012
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