Firefighters in Tehran are receiving messages of support from around the world following yesterday’s catastrophic fire at the famous Plasco building in downtown Tehran, which collapsed killing at least 30 firefighters and an unknown number of other people inside. In […]
Archive for January 25th, 2017
January 25th, 2017 Features, Labour News
Trauma and Solidarity: How Firefighters Support Each Other Worldwide
January 25th, 2017 Features, Human Rights Reports
Iran: Stoning writer rearrested as Revolutionary Guards block review of her conviction
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:00:00 AM Iranian human rights defender and writer Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, sentenced to six years in prison for writing a story about the cruel practice of stoning, was rearrested on Sunday and […]
January 25th, 2017 Features, Human Rights Reports
Intelligence Agents Arrest Filmmaker and Journalist
Intelligence Ministry forces arrested filmmaker Saleh Deldan and a journalist, Zeynab Karimian, on January 23. Prior to the arrest, in December 2016, Intelligence Ministry agents searched the home of Deldan and accused of him of “acting against national security” and […]