GENEVA (22 August 2018) – Sanctions must be just, and must not lead to the suffering of innocent people, says United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy. “The reimposition of sanctions…

August 21 Once again, a number of lawyers were detained and sent to detention following their protest against legislation contrary to the human rights and to highlight the illegal behaviours…

Ottawa—20 August 2018 The Nobel Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative call for an immediate ceasefire to stop armed hostilities in Yemen, and for the creation of an international…

AUGUST 20, 2018 Two weeks ago in Bangladesh, high school students came out in the streets to register their spontaneous protest about the death of two school-going students caused by…

Center for Human Rights in Iran August 14, 2018—An intensifying state crackdown on human rights defenders in Iran, in which the authorities have denied attorneys the ability to represent their…

Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center was transferred to hospital on Monday morning following a convulsion. After a gallbladder surgery last month, doctors…

GENEVA (6 August 2018) – The new UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has reached out to the Iranian…

Human Rights Watch, August 9 Authorities Using State TV to Discredit Journalists, Dissenters (Beirut) – Iranian authorities should immediately stop harassing and threatening the families of activists and journalists as a…

Amnesty International 8 August 2018 Following a wave of mass arrests in response to largely peaceful protests across Iran over the past week, Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian…

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