Breathing in Confinement

Human Rights Watch
December 3rd, 2014

Human Rights Watch: Imminent Risk of Execution for ‘Insulting the Prophet’

Breathing in Confinement – Iran’s judiciary should vacate the death sentence of a 30-year-old man who faces imminent execution for Facebook posts linked to his account. On November 24, 2014, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a criminal court ruling sentencing Soheil Arabi to hang. The court transferred his file to the judiciary’s implementation unit, opening the […]

July 30th, 2014

Iran: Free or Charge Journalists

Breathing in Confinement – Iranian authorities should immediately ensure the release of three journalists and a fourth person arrested in recent days, including the Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post, unless they plan to bring recognizable criminal charges against them and guarantee them fair trials. The arrests are the latest in a series of actions […]