Human rights

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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