TEHRAN, September 7 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday pardoned or commuted the sentences of 1,166 Iranian convicts.
Families of Palestinian prisoners in Gaza have staged a sit-in to express solidarity with their loved ones ahead of the Islamic holiday of Eid Al Fitr. Our correspondent Ashraf Shannon brings us more details from the besieged enclave.
TEHRAN, May 1, YJC - A coalition of human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, has called on Bahrain to halt its “cruel, inhuman, or degrading” treatment of political prisoners .
TEHRAN, April 28, YJC -Members of the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic Jihad in the besieged Gaza Strip have gone on a mass hunger strike to show support for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have been refusing to eat for nearly two weeks.
The release from prison of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and two members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot drew worldwide attention to complaints about political prisoners in Russia. Although none of the three were convicted of political crimes, the taint of political vengeance hung strongly on all their cases.
Tehran,YJC. -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Sunday seek cabinet approval for a contentious release of 104 veteran Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners , to coincide with the resumption of peace talks.