Iranian authorities agreed to temporarily release Keyvan Samimi, veteran journalist and human rights advocate, from prison on medical grounds, as announced by Samimi’s lawyer on February 1, 2022. Article 522 of the penal…
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Iran Security forces use live ammunition and birdshot to crush Khuzestan protests – Amnesty
by editorfzby editorfzAmnesty International, 23 July 2021, 08:30 UTC Iran’s security forces have deployed unlawful force, including by firing live ammunition and birdshot, to crush mostly peaceful protests taking place across the…
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Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims’ Families Harassed, Abused
by editorfzby editorfzHuman Rights Watch – Iranian authorities have engaged in a campaign of harassment and abuse against families of people killed in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s downing of Ukraine International Airlines…
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Kurdish shepherd still suffers three decades after landmine explosion
by editorfzby editorfzRudaw English, April 4 SARDASHT, Iran — Maref Ismail Pur was due to be married in the autumn of 1992. At just 24 years old, he was planning ahead – herding…
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2020/21: THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS
by editorfzby editorfzAmnesty International, 7 April 2021 The Amnesty International Report 2020/21 documents the human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020, as well as providing global and regional analysis. It presents…
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URGENT INTERNATIONAL ACTION NEEDED TO SECURE RELEASE OF KURDISH ACITVISTS AND OTHERS ARTBITRARILY DETAINED IN IRAN
by editorfzby editorfzFebruary 3, 2021 We, the undersigned 36 civil society and human rights organizations, call for the urgent attention of the international community to an ongoing wave of arbitrary arrests, incommunicado…
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UN expert calls for “clear, unambiguous standards” to protect aircraft over conflict zones
by editorfzby editorfzIran 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…
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Iran: Internet deliberately shut down during November 2019 killings – new investigation
by editorfzby editorfzAmnesty 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…
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UN human rights experts call release of Iranian human rights defender a hopeful sign
by editorfzby editorfzGENEVA (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…
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Iran: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh must be freed for treatment, say UN experts
by editorfzby editorfzGENEVA (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…