In early December of this year, in a collective action, more than a thousand prisoners sentenced to death in Qazalhessar prison in Karaj went on a hunger strike; this strike was in response to the transfer of eleven prisoners to solitary cells for the execution of their sentences. This hunger strike, which is in protest […]...

The confinement of recognized leaders of the Green Movement, which formed after protesting the results of the presidential election, is considered one of the major challenges of the Islamic Republic government in the field of human rights, which after more than a thousand days, still remains unresolved; with the change of the new government in […]...

On kilometer 17 of the Tehran-Varamin highway, just before reaching the city of Qarchak, there is a facility near the road consisting of seven warehouses and one newly constructed building. These are the characteristics of a prison that officials have named “Shame City of Rey” and the locals of the area refer to it as […]...

In Les Misérables, Victor Hugo uses all of his creativity to depict the social distance and difficulties of deprivation in society – and the laws that, instead of possibly alleviating deprivation and creating support structures, impose severe punishments on the accused without the possibility of defense in court. Inspector Javert, who is responsible for enforcing […]...