Human rights
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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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US federal judge's ruling on Iranian Christian asylum seekers welcomed
A US federal judge's ruling in California regarding about 90 Iranian asylum seekers from religious minorities has been welcomed by civil society activists...
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Half of rejected asylum seekers disappear in Germany
German police say only half of refugees whose asylum applications have been rejected have left the country. Police have opened centers…
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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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Dozens of Afghan asylum seekers were repatriated from Germany
A midnight flight on Wednesday (July 4) brought back 69 Afghan asylum seekers whose asylum applications were rejected in Germany.
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Abolfazl Chazani; The Judiciary's Haste in Executing the Death Sentence of a Child Criminal
An informed source called the execution of the retaliatory sentence against Abolfazl Chezani Sherahi, a young man who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder, unjust.
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"Refugees are forced to choose more difficult and expensive paths"
European Union leaders have agreed on major changes to the bloc's asylum rules. Human rights activists have called for the adoption of the rules...
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