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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,…

Behrouz Javid Tehrani Research Assistant Iranian officials, under international pressure and facing domestic unrest, have reacted by increasing their pressures on activists. It is unclear how many are behind bars,…

Reporters Without Borders 17.10.2018 – Journalists missing in Tehran prison for past 50 days  The families of five detainees who worked for the Majzooban Noorwebsite – journalists Reza Entesari, Kasra…

3 October 2018 The Bar Council of England & Wales is urging President Hassan Rouhani of Iran to send a clear message to the world that the republic is committed…

BBC, 5 October   The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to campaigners against rape in warfare, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. Ms Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was…

BBC, 25 September A female human rights activist has been shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, which has seen violent anti-government protests in recent weeks. Video posted…

  Kosar Nawzad The first Iranian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi is a human rights activist, lawyer, and former judge. Listed by Forbes magazine as one of…

Leila Alikarami September 21, 2018 When a picture of two Iranian lawyers handcuffed, shackled and wearing prison uniforms recently ran on dozens of Persian-language media outlets and platforms, it caused a…

By Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman September 18, 2018 Editor’s Note: “Shirin Ebadi is the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize. Tawakkol Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize in…