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20 Dec 2011

For the 6th consecutive year, student activists are banned from pursuing higher education

The Advocacy Council for the Right to Education (ACRE) has stated that the [star system], the practice of banning student activists of the right to education, has been [predominant] in Iran for the past six years. The ACRE has issued a declaration against the practice of banning students and imprisoning them, stating that the process violates all "domestic and international laws". The following is the full text of the ACRE declaration: [In the translation, some parts containing legal details have been omitted-Arash Azizi]
The Advocacy Council for the Right to Education (ACRE) has stated that the [star system], the practice of banning...

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5 Nov 2011

Mahdieh Golroo and other students issued more prison sentences

A six-month prison sentence was upheld in branch 54 of the Revolutionary Court for student activist Mahdieh Golroo, according to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters. In 2010 Mahdieh Golroo wrote a letter from prison for the anniversary of Student Day (16 Azar/December 7th). Her new 6-month sentence, which is additional to an existing one-year prison term she is already serving, was issued by Judge Moghiseh in branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court. She was charged with, Engaging in propaganda activities against the regime and Conspiring to act against national security . The sentence was upheld by the Appeals Court.
A six-month prison sentence was upheld in branch 54 of the Revolutionary Court for student activist Mahdieh Golroo,...

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1 Nov 2011

Student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh imprisoned more than 1000 days + Her letter to Ahmed Shaheed

Shabnam Madadzadeh is a 24-year old Iranian university student and activist who, for the past three years, has endured more than 1000 days behind bars. She is currently held in Tehran s Evin prison. She is forced to tolerate constant abuse and torture because no one hears her voice.
Shabnam Madadzadeh is a 24-year old Iranian university student and activist who, for the past three years, has endured...

Student Activist in Solitary Confinement on Hunger Strike

To protest his conditions inside Babol s Matikola Prison, imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarked on a hunger strike on 31 August. Zahabian s father, Hassan Zahabian, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that prison staff moved his son to solitary confinement after he began his hunger strike, even though, according to other prisoners, he was in a coma.
To protest his conditions inside Babol s Matikola Prison, imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarked on a...

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10 Jul 2011

Today is the anniversary of ’18 Tir’ Support Iranian Students

Four years ago, on July 9, 2007 (the eighth anniversary of the 1999 Iranian student uprising), six members of the central council of Tahkim Vahdat (student alumni organization) protested at Polytechnic University (Amirkabir University of Technology). Some minutes after the above picture was taken by currently imprisoned student activist Milad Asadi, the six protesters were arrested and transferred to ward 209 of Evin prison.
Four years ago, on July 9, 2007 (the eighth anniversary of the 1999 Iranian student uprising), six members of the...

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3 May 2011

Student Activist Ashkan Zahabian Summoned to Serve Prison Sentence

Ashkan Zahabian, a student activist at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology was detained on Monday at noon after he had turned himself in to the Shahid Kachooie prison in Sari (the provincial capital city of the Mazandaran province).
Ashkan Zahabian, a student activist at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology was detained on Monday at noon after he...

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14 Apr 2011

Student was sentenced to eight years imprisonment

Fouad Sojudi Frymany, Amir Kabir University s student was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by Tehran s Revolutionary Court Branch-26. This verdict issued while this doctoral student was hospitalized in Tehran psychiatric hospital (Mehregan Hospital) due to the pressure in the Sepah s section 2-A in Evin prison.
Fouad Sojudi Frymany, Amir Kabir University s student was sentenced to eight years imprisonment by Tehran s...

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