Human rights
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Twitter storm in support of a political prisoner; Maryam Akbari Monfared has not taken leave in the past 12 years
As political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared begins her 13th year in prison, a group of Iranian users have launched a Twitter storm in support of…
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Human rights violations in Iran are becoming more violent and are being "legitimized" by the passage of laws against freedom.
Friday, December 19, 1402 – Seventy-three years after the unveiling of the 30-article Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations…
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Hengaw: 44 women were killed and 107 committed suicide in the Kurdish regions of Iran in one year
According to a human rights website, on Thursday, December 24, 44 women and girls in the Kurdish regions of Iran were…
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الیکا آشوری : برای حمایت از همسر نازنین زاغری دست به اعتصاب غذا زدهایم
الیکا آشوری، فرزند انوشه آشوری شهروند دوتابعیتی زندانی در ایران، به اعتصاب غذای همسر نازنین زاغری در مقابل ساختمان وزارت…
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Türkiye “opposed” the extradition of Mohammad Musaed to Iran
Turkish authorities have announced that they will not return Mohammad Mosaed to Iran. The Iranian journalist will remain in the city of Van for now, until…
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Afghan women's rights activist Fereshteh Kohistani assassinated
The assassination of women's rights activists and journalists continues in Afghanistan. In the continuation of these targeted killings, this time activist Fereshteh Kohistani…
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36 days of hunger strike have passed; concerns expressed about the physical condition of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer imprisoned in Iran
After 36 days of hunger strike by Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer imprisoned in Iran, her husband, Reza Khandan, says the situation is...
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Trump to Iranian leaders: Do not execute Navid Afkari
US President Trump has urged Iranian leaders not to execute Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari. Wrestlers around the world have also urged authorities…
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