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Amnesty International 13 November 2018, 13:12 UTC Iranian authorities must immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of members of the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority being held without access to their families or lawyers, Amnesty International said following reports that some have been executed in secret. In the last few days, Ahwazi Arab activists […]
Nov 14, 2018
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Iran: Fears mounting for detained Ahwazi Arabs amid… Amnesty International 13 November 2018, 13:12 UTC Iranian authorities must immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of members of the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority being held without access to their families or lawyers, Amnesty International said following reports that some have been executed in secret. In the last few days, Ahwazi Arab activists... -
Human rights situation in Iran July-August 2018 The Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran during the month of Mordad 1397 (July-August 2018): The best course of action is to make no decision for the time being In continuation of its monthly reports, the Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed... -
Amnesty: Hundreds arrested in vicious crackdown on Ahwazi… Amnesty International 2 November 2018, 16:31 UTC The Iranian authorities have waged a sweeping crackdown against the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority, arresting hundreds of people in Khuzestan province, southern Iran, in recent weeks, said Amnesty International. The wave of detentions follows a deadly armed attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz in... -
HRW: For Iran’s Activists, Prison’s Just the Start Behrouz Javid Tehrani Research Assistant Iranian officials, under international pressure and facing domestic unrest, have reacted by increasing their pressures on activists. It is unclear how many are behind bars, but Human Rights Watch has documented dozens of cases of people who have been sentenced or detained for merely exercising their freedom of expression by... -
Iran: Press freedom violations recounted in real time… Reporters Without Borders 17.10.2018 – Journalists missing in Tehran prison for past 50 days The families of five detainees who worked for the Majzooban Noorwebsite – journalists Reza Entesari, Kasra Nouri and Mohammad Sharifi Moghadam and citizen-journalists Sina Entesari and Amir Nouri – have had no news of them for the past 50 days. They... -
Iran urged to take rule of law opportunity 3 October 2018 The Bar Council of England & Wales is urging President Hassan Rouhani of Iran to send a clear message to the world that the republic is committed to the rule of law. The call comes following the arrest of more lawyers in Iran over the last two months, including two human rights lawyers,...
