Human Rights

US Once Again Accuses Iran of Suppressing ‘Religious Freedoms’

The U.S. State Department released its annual report on the state of religious freedoms worldwide on Wednesday, October 22, in…

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UN Human Rights Commissioner Criticizes Death Sentences in Iran

Zeid Raad Al Hussein, High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Council, called on Iran during the 30th session…

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Half of Detained Journalists Worldwide are Imprisoned in Iran, China, Egypt and Eritrea

Reporters Without Borders announced the number of journalists held in prison worldwide and journalists taken hostage in the past 12…

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Ahmad Shaheed: 2015 Had Highest Execution Rate in Iran

Ahmad Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, announced in his eleventh report to the UN Human…

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Iran’s Child Rights Report Questioned

A report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Islamic Republic of Iran,…

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