In Brief On December 29, 2016, the renowned writer and linguist Necmiye Alpay was released from Bakirkoy prison in Istanbul, 120 days...

In Brief Bahareh Hedayat, a student activist and women’s rights defender, was arrested on December 31, 2009. After nearly seven years in...

In Brief Status: Released In October 2019, Iranian authorities have released Hamid Babaei, 36, a PhD student at the University of Liege...

Faran Hesami, one of the imprisoned teachers from the Bahai Open University (BIHE), was released from Evin Prison in Tehran today at the...

Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist imprisoned in Iran for more than a year, has been released along with three other...

Enoh Meyomesse, one of the five “Writers at Risk” cases selected by PEN last year, was released this week after spending more than three...