Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in a letter to Ms Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, urges her to take…

The Defenders for Human Rights Centre’s Statement on recent mass executions in Iran At dawn on Tuesday, 2 August 2016, a number of Sunni and Kurdish citizens were executed for…

The Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran during the month of Tir 1395 [Iranian month corresponding to 21 June to…

The Centre for the Defenders of Human Rights has reviewed the situation of human rights in Iran during the month of Khordad 1395 [Iranian month corresponding to 21 May to…

By Shirin Ebadi In advance of a United Nations envoy’s visit to the country, Burmese officials in June instructed U.N. officials to refer to Burma’s Muslim minority as “people who believe…

By SHIRIN EBADI In advance of a United Nations envoy’s visit to the country, Burmese officials in June instructed U.N. officials to refer to Burma’s Muslim minority as “people who…

Narges Mohammadi, vice-chair of Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), who is currently imprisoned has started a hunger strike from today, June 27 2016, which coincides with the 21st day…

Human rights as we know them are a reflection of certain fundamental universal notions, which provide a set of global benchmarks for how humanity should conduct itself. The principle of…

The Nobel laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative are calling on the government of Iran to immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender and journalist Narges Mohammadi from the notorious…

Dear members of International PEN, I’ m writing this letter to you from the Evin Prison. I am in a section with 25 other female political prisoners, with different intellectual…