Human rights
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Human rights situation in Iran, the topic of a meeting in the German capital
On Thursday, September 28, the "Karamat Center" and the "International Society for the Defense of Human Rights" based in Frankfurt, Germany, held a meeting on...
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Nasrin Sotoudeh will not defend herself in the Evin Prison Prosecution Office.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist currently in Evin Prison, has announced that she is ready to…
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New case for human rights victims' lawyer: Nasrin Sotoudeh's trial on espionage charges
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and legal activist, was tried in absentia by a ruling from Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court and…
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Civil activist Nader Afshari is detained "in the safe house of the Ministry of Intelligence"
Reports indicate that Nader Afshari, a civil rights activist who had disappeared in Karaj, has been arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence…
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US Secretary of State expresses deep concern about Iranian regime's violence against protesting people
In the first direct response to the protests in Iran, the US Secretary of State expressed deep US concern over the violence...
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Human rights organization files complaint against Iran to UN for arresting and pressuring Shaparak Shajarizadeh
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation has filed a complaint with the United Nations against the arrest of Iranian women's rights activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh.
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Nikki Haley: Human Rights Council remained silent on Iran's January protests
US representative to the UN accuses UN Human Rights Council of ignoring human rights violations...
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Saudi Arabia: Iranian boats are violating our territorial waters
Saudi Arabia has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it calls Iranian boats violating its territorial waters.
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