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Jan 08, 2021 editorfz Articles, Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on UN expert calls for “clear, unambiguous standards” to protect aircraft over conflict zones
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 […]Oct 16, 2020 editorfz Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on UN human rights experts call release of Iranian human rights defender a hopeful sign
GENEVA (14 October 2020) – Independent human rights experts* today welcomed the release of long-imprisoned Iranian woman human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, after an Iranian court made use of a new law to reduce her sentence. “We are encouraged that the decision of the Iranian judiciary has led to Ms. Mohammadi’s release after so many […]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 […]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 […]Oct 30, 2019 editorfz Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians’ Right to Health
Human Rights Watch, October 29, 2019 Summary In May 2018, the Trump administration formally withdrew from the international nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), agreed upon by the Obama administration in July 2015. Over the next 120 days, until November 5, 2018, the US government re-imposed all economic sanctions related […]Aug 07, 2019 editorfz News, Reports Comments Off on Iran: Prisoner of conscience flogged 100 times for ‘drinking alcohol and insulting Islam’
Amnesty International 1 August 2019 The flogging of Kurdish singer and prisoner of conscience Peyman Mirzazadeh 100 times demonstrates the shocking brutality of Iran’s justice system, said Amnesty International. Peyman Mirzazadeh had been sentenced to two years in prison and 100 lashes after being convicted of “drinking alcohol” and “insulting Islamic sanctities”. The flogging was […]Jun 18, 2019 editorfz Articles, News, Reports Comments Off on Situation of human rights in Iran in Esfand 1397 [February – March 2019]
The Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran during the month of Esfand 1397 [February 2019 – March 2019] The appointment of a harsh judge with no knowledge of the science of law as the Head of Judiciary Power shows the political atmosphere is becoming […]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
Nov 16, 2020 Comments Off on Iran: Internet deliberately shut down during November 2019 killings – new investigation
Oct 16, 2020 Comments Off on UN human rights experts call release of Iranian human rights defender a hopeful sign
Sep 25, 2020 Comments Off on Iran: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh must be freed for treatment, say UN experts