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Reporters Without Borders November 11, 2018 – Updated on November 12, 2018 In a historic step in the context of the Paris Peace Forum today, 12 countries launched a political process aimed at providing democratic guarantees for news and information and freedom of opinion – a process based on the declaration issued last week by […]
Nov 21, 2018
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Iran must protect women’s rights advocates – UN… Protesters jailed for criticising compulsory hijab law Farhad Meysami on hunger strike since August, condition critical GENEVA (29 November 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called on Iran to guarantee the rights of human rights defenders and lawyers who have been jailed for publicly supporting protests against the mandatory wearing of the hijab in... -
Iran’s Chain Murders: A wave of killings that… By Sarah Fowler, BBC News 2 December 2018 It was an incident they were told never to talk about and for several years they heeded that warning. A group of 21 Iranian poets, writers and journalists believed they were heading to a literary conference in neighbouring Armenia in August 1996. But what should have been a... -
Democratic leaders give historic commitment based on Declaration… Reporters Without Borders November 11, 2018 – Updated on November 12, 2018 In a historic step in the context of the Paris Peace Forum today, 12 countries launched a political process aimed at providing democratic guarantees for news and information and freedom of opinion – a process based on the declaration issued last week by... -
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...
