Iran’s Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Imprisoned Activist a Retrial
Branch 28 of Iran's Supreme Court has rejected a request for a retrial by political prisoner Saba Kord Afshari’s lawyers. ...
Read moreLocated at the foot of the Alborz mountains in northern Tehran, Evin Prison was originally built in 1972.
With a capacity now detaining 15,000 people, Evin Prison has held hundreds of peaceful activists, journalists, intellectuals and human rights lawyers throughout its disgraceful history.
In fact anyone who dares speak out against the country’s authoritarian regime – from teachers, writers, bloggers and academics – can be thrown into the prison, with most found guilty of vague crimes on erroneous evidence and without legal representation.
Former inmates have painted a terrifying picture of treatment and conditions inside the jail, where inmates in overcrowded cells often roast in 45C heat during Iran’s sweltering summer, with no form of air-conditioning.
Many prisoners who urgently need medical care are deprived of appropriate treatment in clinics and hospitals outside the prison.
Security is so tight at the notorious jail that no one has ever escaped.
Evin Prison has became synonymous with torture and death, with thousands of reported hangings, the disappearance of numerous political detainees and an “appalling level of brutality” as detailed in reports by Amnesty International.
In the 1980s, tens of thousands of dissidents from the People’s Mojahidin Organization of Iran were hanged in Evin Prison, in one of the most savage political mass killings in modern history.
Branch 28 of Iran's Supreme Court has rejected a request for a retrial by political prisoner Saba Kord Afshari’s lawyers. ...
Read morePolitical prisoner Soheil Arabi has been transferred to solitary confinement in the Revolutionary Guards’ Ward 2-A at Evin Prison. Ward ...
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Read moreA random Corona test done in Ward 8 of Evin Prison on Sunday, August 9, revealed that 12 of the ...
Read moreThe notorious Evin Prison is located in the north of the Iranian capital. There are several wards in this 40-hectare ...
Read moreIt has been reported that Amir Hossein Moradi, detained in Ward 2 of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary, has contracted the ...
Read morePolitical prisoner Atena Daemi was transferred to solitary confinement on Saturday, December 28, 2019. The transfer took place following an ...
Read moreSoheil Arabi, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has gone on hunger strike to demand treatment for Arash Sadeghi ...
Read moreImprisoned teachers’ rights activist Mohammad Habibi has been denied family visits in Iran’s Evin Prison where he has been held on trumped-up ...
Read moreTwo political prisoners, Soheil Arabi and Haj Jaffar Kashani held in Evin prison, went on hunger strike to protest continued ...
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