Human rights

Statement by 260 social activists: We have received a precise message: We will suffocate

Women and social activists inside Iran have protested in a statement against the increasing and widespread repression of social activists. This…

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Judiciary's response to criticism of heavy sentences handed down to civil activists

Following increasing criticism of the heavy sentences of several civil and labor activists, the head of the judiciary has called for a swift review of…

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Heavy sentences in Haft Tappeh case | Lawyer Esmail Bakhshi: We expected these sentences due to political manipulation

While the issuance of heavy sentences to labor activists in the Haft Tapeh case has been met with widespread protests, the lawyer…

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More than 600 attacks on refugees in Germany in six months

From insults to spreading hatred, from arson to assault; manifestations of xenophobia in Germany. Different actions with a single motive;…

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A young man was "killed" under torture by officers of the Khorrambid Intelligence Department; Fars provincial authorities promised to investigate

After the release of images related to the protest of the family of a prisoner named Javad Khosravanian, which recently appeared on social media...

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Shahrzad Jafari, the sister of imprisoned photographer Noushin Jafari, was also "arrested"

Unofficial reports indicate that Shahrzad Jafari, the sister of the arrested theater and cinema photographer Nooshin Jafari, was also arrested today, Sunday…

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Zaratosht Ahmadi-Ragheb, one of the authors of the letter to Khamenei, was arrested

Zaratosht Ahmadi-Ragheb, one of the signatories of the letter of resignation of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, has been arrested. According to reports, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence…

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Amnesty International: Iranian authorities' systematic cover-up of 1988 executions continues

Amnesty International said in a statement on Tuesday, September 25, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, that authorities and…

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