Human rights
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US State Department: 800 human rights activists are imprisoned in Iran
The US State Department's Persian Twitter account, while protesting the imprisonment of approximately 800 Iranian "human rights activists" and the treatment of...
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Amnesty International: Iran should allow DNA testing to identify those executed in 1988
Amnesty International, in a report marking the 30th anniversary of the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran, announced…
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Doctors Without Borders: The situation for asylum seekers on Nauru is extremely bad
As concerns and alarming reports grow about the conditions of asylum seekers sent by Australia to camps in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, “doctors…
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Amnesty International's Letter Writing Marathon for the Release of Athena Daemi and Other Women Human Rights Activists
Amnesty International's letter-writing marathon to defend women human rights activists, including Athena Daemi, from 180 countries...
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German police find 16 asylum seekers in a transport vehicle
Police officers in Bavaria, Germany, have arrested two human traffickers. The pair smuggled 16 asylum seekers in a transport vehicle from…
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Australian Medical Association: Remove asylum seeker children from Nauru now
The Australian Medical Association has warned about the situation of children in the refugee camp on Nauru, saying that none of them have yet...
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"Human Rights Campaign in Iran" calls for Arash Sadeghi's release from prison
The Human Rights Campaign in Iran called on Iranian government officials in a statement to release political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, why…
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Publication of Javid Rahman's first report on the human rights situation in Iran
In his first report, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran called on Iranian authorities to ban…
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