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Monthly Archives: March 2018

A Gonabadi Dervish is killed under torture by Iranian Polis and buried in the middle of the night without the presence of his family

One of the detained Gonabadi dervishes, Mohammad Raji, who was himself previously the commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps during the eight years of the Iran-Iraq war, was killed by police during interrogation at a police station. Mohammad Raji who was arrested during the peaceful protests on 20th of February was murdered during Polis interrogations on an unknown date and …

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Iran: State Force Attacked Unemployed Youth Protesters

Iran-HRM – The State Security Forces attacked a group of young unemployed residents of the village of Al-Dimacheh, in Shushtar city, southwestern Iran, who protested on Saturday, March 3, 2018, against the recruitment of non-native forces. Video footages of the scenes, shows how the State Security forces firing tear gas and attacking unemployed youths rallying outside the Karoon Agriculture and …

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Lawyers Of Detained Leader Of Mysticism Group Banned From Trial

Iran-HRM – A court hearing for Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of the Erfan Halgheh mysticism group, was held by the 15th Branch of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Salavati. Of his three lawyers, two were not allowed to be present at the trial…The prisoner of conscience’s prison term had ended in December 2017. His ongoing detention is without …

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UN Report Decries Iran ‘Pattern’ Of Abuses In Prisons

RFL/RE – A new United Nations report criticizes the Iranian government for its continued crackdown on freedom of expression and restrictions on access to information, while detainees appeared to be systematically subjected to abuse, including torture and rape. The report published on March 5 was drafted by Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer serving as UN special …

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