Dolunay BulutApr 25, 20191 minReleasedNecmiye AlpayIn Brief On December 29, 2016, the renowned writer and linguist Necmiye Alpay was released from Bakirkoy prison in Istanbul, 120 days...
Ebby AbramsonApr 25, 20191 minReleasedMohammad Hossein RafieeIn Brief Mohammad Hossein Rafiee, a retired Tehran University professor and member of the Meli-Mazhabi (National-Religious) Alliance and...
Ebby AbramsonApr 25, 20191 minReleasedHoma HoodfarIn Brief Homa Hoodfar, a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, was detained in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison on June 6,...
Ebby AbramsonApr 25, 20191 minReleasedBahareh HedayatIn Brief Bahareh Hedayat, a student activist and women’s rights defender, was arrested on December 31, 2009. After nearly seven years in...
Ebby AbramsonApr 15, 20161 minIranBIHE Professor Faran Hesami Released After Four-Year SentenceFaran Hesami, one of the imprisoned teachers from the Bahai Open University (BIHE), was released from Evin Prison in Tehran today at the...
Ebby AbramsonApr 13, 20161 minMyanmarMyanmar—Lin Htet Naing and Phyoe Phyoe Aung ReleasedAccording to Amnesty International, student leaders Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing (aka James and Aung Thant Zin) were released on...
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