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Iran missile strike against Ukraine airliner 8 January 2020 GENEVA (7 January 2021) – On the occasion of the first-year anniversary of the strike against Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, which killed all 176 persons on board, a UN human rights expert has called for urgent measures to protect civilian aircraft flying in conflict […]Nov 16, 2020 editorfz Articles, Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on Iran: Internet deliberately shut down during November 2019 killings – new investigation
Amnesty International 16 November 2020, 00:01 UTC The Iranian authorities deliberately shut down the internet during nationwide protests in November 2019, hiding the true scale of unlawful killings by security forces, Amnesty International said today. On the anniversary of the deadliest day of the protests, Amnesty International is launching a new microsite, A web of […]Sep 25, 2020 editorfz Articles, Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on Iran: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh must be freed for treatment, say UN experts
GENEVA (25 September 2020) – UN independent experts expressed alarm at human rights lawyer and woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to Evin Prison in Iran this week despite her deteriorating health condition, and called for her immediate release. “It is unfathomable that the Iranian authorities would return Ms. Sotoudeh to prison where she […]Sep 02, 2020 editorfz Articles, Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on Iran: Detainees flogged, sexually abused and given electric shocks in gruesome post-protest crackdown – Amnesty International new report
Amnesty International, 2 September 2020, 00:00 UTC Iran’s police, intelligence and security forces, and prison officials have committed, with the complicity of judges and prosecutors, a catalogue of shocking human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, against those detained in connection with the nationwide protests of November 2019, said Amnesty […]Jul 15, 2020 editorfz Articles, Articles Comments Off on Iran: Two Kurds executed amid increasing use of death penalty as weapon of repression
Amnesty International, 15 July 2020, 13:42 UTC There has been an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran, Amnesty International said today, following the executions on 13 July of two Kurdish men in Urumieh prison in West Azerbaijan province. Diaku Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh […]Jun 18, 2020 editorfz Articles, News Comments Off on Iran: Planned execution of man for rape must be stopped
Amnesty International, 17 June 2020, 18:43 UTC The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the planned execution of a man sentenced to death after being convicted for the rape of a child, Amnesty International said today. Farhad Salehi Jabehdar, 29, is scheduled to be executed in the Central Prison of Karaj in Alborz province this Saturday […]May 24, 2020 editorfz Articles, Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree
20 May 2020, 07:07 UTC Amnesty International has released details of the deaths of 304 men, women and children killed by Iran’s security forces during last November’s ruthless crackdown, six months after the protests. The organization found that more than 220 of the recorded deaths took place over just two days on 16 and 17 […]Jun 22, 2019 editorfz Articles, Articles, News Comments Off on Iran’s women’s movement, civil society come under ‘maximum pressure’
Leila Alikarami, June 18 As tensions between Iran and the United States reached dangerous levels in recent weeks, Iranian human rights activists warned about the dire ramifications of sanctions and other pressures for women and the women’s rights movement in Iran. The US policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran has been composed of ever-expanding sets of […]Apr 02, 2019 editorfz Articles, News Comments Off on Joint Submission Made by the Family Members of Arbitrarily Detained Foreign and Dual Nationals
28 March 2019 The Centre for Supporters of Human Rights submitted jointly with the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center a UPR submission to the UN on behalf of the family members of foreign and dual nationals arbitrarily detained in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This UPR submission documents how foreign and dual national detainees have been targeted and arbitrarily […]Mar 06, 2019 editorfz Articles, Reports Comments Off on Iran: Release eight wildlife conservationists following unfair trial on trumped-up spying charges
Amnesty International, 5 March Wildlife conservationists in Iran who have been accused of espionage after using cameras to track endangered species could face the death penalty or more than a decade in prison, said Amnesty International, ahead of a verdict in their case in the coming days. The eight scientists, who are linked to the […]Jan 08, 2021 Comments Off on UN expert calls for “clear, unambiguous standards” to protect aircraft over conflict zones
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