Human rights

Security pressures on Mehrdad Moinfar's family; bullets fired in response to protest

A relative of Mehrdad Moinfar, who died from a gunshot wound on Sunday, November 16, spoke in an interview with…

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US House of Representatives Resolution "Condemning Repression" and "Supporting the Rights of the People" in Iran

The US House of Representatives passed a resolution that, while supporting the right of Iranian citizens to freedom of expression, "the Iranian government…

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A Kurdish political prisoner was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

The 11-year prison sentence of a Marivan resident named Tahsin Dadras was reduced to 6 years by the appeals court.

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Two detainees in Evin Prison sentenced to a total of more than 23 years in prison

Reza Mohammad Hosseini and Khaled Pirzadeh, citizens detained in Evin Prison, were sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to a total of 23 years and…

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Shirin Ebadi sent a letter to the UN protesting the suppression of religious freedoms in Iran

شیرین عبادی، حقوقدان ایرانی و برنده جایزه صلح نوبل، با ارسال نامه‌ای به کمیسر عالی حقوق بشر سازمان ملل نسبت…

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A human rights website reports: 18 colporteurs were killed and injured in January of this year.

دی ماه سال جاری دستکم ۱۸ کولبر و کاسبکار در نواحی مختلف مرزی کردستان کشته و زخمی شدند. به گزارش…

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Amnesty International calls for the release of Shahnaz Akmali

Amnesty International has issued a statement calling for the immediate release of Shahnaz Akmal, the mother of Mustafa Karim Beigi, one of those killed in the protests…

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Human Rights Watch report on the repression of protests in Iran in 2019

Human Rights Watch reported in its annual report that the repression of protests in Iran has intensified over the past year. This…

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