Human rights

Another Death Sentence Prisoner's Story: Brother of Houshmand Alipour Says Kurdish Prisoner Was Forced to Confess Through Severe Torture

The brother of Houshmand Alipour, an Iranian Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, says that his brother is being held in central prison while being unjustly sentenced to death…

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Execution of Navid Afkari; Mohammad Javad Zarif's trip to Europe canceled

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has claimed that the reason for the cancellation of Mohammad Javad Zarif's trip to Europe was the coronavirus and logistical problems.

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Widespread global reactions to the execution of Navid Afkari continue; political, cultural, sports figures, and human rights organizations condemn the execution of the Iranian wrestler

Global reactions to the execution of Navid Afkari by the Islamic Republic regime continue, and in addition to human rights organizations, the…

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Navid Afkari's death sentence was carried out without the right to a final visit and without the case's lawyers being informed.

An informed source says that Navid Afkari, without having the right to a final meeting with his family members, died on Saturday, the 22nd…

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Urgent call for global solidarity with the campaign to free Nasrin Sotoudeh, as this human rights lawyer enters her fifth week of hunger strike in Iran

  A group of internationally renowned artists and writers have issued a public call for an online campaign to protest…

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Germany calls for suspension of Navid Afkari's death sentence

Börbel Kofler, the human rights officer at the German Foreign Ministry, criticized the Afkari brothers' long prison sentences, including...

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22 human rights organizations call for independent investigation into November 2019 repression

In a letter, 22 human rights organizations called on governments around the world to launch an independent investigation into the suppression of the November 2019 protests.

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Global protests against the death penalty continue; Navid Afkari and his brothers have been denied visits and contact

A source close to the Afkari brothers says that all three brothers have been denied visits and contact and are severely…

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