Human rights
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An informed source: The reason Hope's kidney cancer was not identified was because he was not sent out of prison for tests.
A source familiar with the situation of Omid Kokabi, an elite physics PhD student, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran…
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German coalition government parties agree on merger law
After months of negotiations, senior officials in Germany's governing coalition have finally reached an agreement on a reunification law for refugees. The Christian Democrats,…
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Greece returns second group of migrants to Türkiye
Greece has returned a second group of migrants to Türkiye. Athens' move is part of Türkiye's agreement with the European Union to reduce…
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The highest execution rate in the past 25 years: 82% of executions in the region took place in Iran
According to FCNN, at this press conference, Amnesty International's media officer noted that "the fight against the death penalty...
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"Complete ignorance" of the situation created by Chitsaz, the imprisoned journalist
According to FCNN, Afarin Chitsaz, a journalist who was arrested in November 2015 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Organization, has been held for five months and…
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Mohammad Javad Larijani: Ahmad Shahid's report is a fake
The Secretary of the Human Rights Headquarters of the Iranian Judiciary described the recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur as “biased, watery, and unassessable.”
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Ahmad Shaheed: The human rights situation has not changed under the Rouhani government
The reports of Ahmad Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, have been a source of concern for the Islamic Republic's judicial system for many years...
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Iran condemned for human rights violations at the UN
The United Nations General Assembly condemned Iran and North Korea for human rights violations in two separate resolutions. In…
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