Human rights
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Amnesty International: 2018 a year of shame for Iran in history
Amnesty International has published a report accusing the Iranian government of...
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Summons and interrogation of several political activists from the city of Sonqor in Kermanshah province
Kiomars Vaezi, a high school teacher and political activist living in the city of Sonqor, Kermanshah, told the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past few…
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Dozens of people in Germany helped prevent the deportation of an Iranian asylum seeker
A 27-year-old Iranian man who converted to Christianity and has been sitting in a Protestant church in Solingen for ten months now...
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Pope urges European countries to accept refugees from rescue ships
The fate of the 49 refugees stranded on two German rescue ships off the coast of Malta is still unclear. The Pope…
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Two Iranians and a Briton Arrested in Connection with "Migrant Crossing" the English Channel
Reports indicate that British police have arrested an Iranian citizen and a British citizen in connection with the transfer of “non-…
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40 refugees, including several Iranians, rescued from English Channel
Around 40 asylum seekers were rescued in the English Channel on Christmas Day. British officials said the migrants included Iranians…
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"Mostafa Daneshjoo", a Gonabadi dervish, was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Reports indicate that "Mostafa Daneshjo", a lawyer and Gonabadi dervish, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison...
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Iranians rank fourth among asylum seekers in the European Union
The European Union's asylum office says 3,170 Iranians applied for asylum in the EU in October...
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