Iran
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As Reza Khandan Marks One Year in Prison, Human Rights Organizations and Lawyers Join Call for his Release in Iran
Tags Share On the anniversary of activist Reza Khandan’s arrest, the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, PEN America, and the NYC Bar Association jointly call for his immediate release. Khandan, the husband of internationally renowned human rights activist, lawyer, and 2011 PEN America Freedom to Write Awardee Nasrin Sotoudeh, has long campaigned for
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National Post: The Iranian regime is on the ropes. Canada can help knock it out
Human rights activist Reza Khandan remains imprisoned for advocating for the end of Iran’s mandatory hijab laws.
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Iran International: Iran bars jailed activist’s wife visits over hijab refusal, inmates say
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and partners have filed a petition and urgent action request with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the unlawful and life-threatening detention of Iranian human rights activist Reza Khandan
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Human Rights Groups Petition UN on Behalf of Prominent Iranian Human Rights Defender Reza Khandan
Tags Share Washington, D.C. / New York / Montreal – October 9, 2025 — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, PEN America, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights have filed a petition and urgent action request with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) over the unlawful imprisonment of Iranian human rights
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