Human rights
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UN: As the number of refugees in the world increases, concerns about the spread of COVID-19 have increased
UN officials warn on World Refugee Day that the global coronavirus pandemic will leave millions more refugees and displaced than ever before...
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Sepideh Qolyan was transferred to Evin Prison to serve 5 years in prison.
Sepideh Gholian's lawyer, a civil activist, announced that his client has been transferred to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. Jamal Heydari Manesh, Sepideh's lawyer…
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UN: Nearly 80 million people displaced worldwide
According to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of refugees in the world has doubled in the past ten years…
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Human rights organizations call for extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran
In a joint letter to UN Human Rights Council member states, 39 human rights organizations called on these countries to support…
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The International Federation of Journalists also called for the prosecution of fugitive judge Gholamreza Mansouri of the Islamic Republic.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is calling for legal action against Gholamreza Mansouri, a judge in the Islamic Republic’s judiciary who was recently convicted in a court hearing…
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8 Qarchak Prison inmates infected with coronavirus; no news on Zeinab Jalalian's condition
Ali Jalalian, father of Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, in an interview with the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran…
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"They shot my son in the skull": Report on the mass killing of protesters in November 2019
A new report released today by the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran documents the Iranian government's widespread violence against protesters in…
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Narges Mohammadi's brother: Stop making false accusations against Narges
Narges Mohammadi's brother, the vice president of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, in an open letter, described the behavior of judicial and security officials towards his sister...
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