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Shabtabnews – In a statement International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) called for the immediate release of Zaynab Jalalian, an Iranian women’s rights activist, from her arbitrary detention, which is a gross violation of her basic human rights. Zaynab Jalalian who is serving life imprisonment for her alleged membership of the Kurdish political party, and was also sentenced to death …

Shabtabnews – The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in a statement called ” on all EU Member States, in accordance with the principle of solidarity enshrined in Article 222 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and on the principle of joint diplomatic action, to support the Swedish Government’s principled position in this regard. By …

Shabtabnews – USCRIF recently issued its annual overview of religious persecution. The report stated that “the scale of the global refugee crisis is unprecedented. As of the end of 2021, over 82 million people were displaced worldwide. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that close to 27 million of those displaced are considered refugees. Two-thirds of these …

iranhr.net – The results of many dams and water transfer projects in Iran have been environmental injustice and migration to the city margins and shantytowns. For the past seven years, Abangan has sought to raise public awareness about water resource management, and in cooperation with the Iran Human Rights organization, it has addressed this issue from the perspective of human …

Just recently worldwide media have reported on the serious change in the case of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian doctor in emergency medicine, sentenced to death in Iran on charges of espionage. He was arrested in 2016, in Iran, during a business trip, accused of spying for Israel. Worrying reports have now emerged that the death sentence will be carried …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The 14th Annual Report on the Death Penalty Iran by Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) and Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM) provides an assessment and analysis of the death penalty trends in 2021 in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It sets out the number of executions verified by Iran Human Rights, the trend compared to …

Shabtabnews – Yesterday USCIRF published its annual report on religious freedom. The report highlighted the sharp decline in religious freedom conditions witnessed in Afghanistan and many other countries like Iran. For full USCIRF report see below document: 2022-USCIRF-Annual-Report_1Download

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF ) today welcomed Iran’s temporary furlough of religious prisoner of conscience Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani and called on the government to permanently release him. Iranian security officials arrested Nadarkhani in July 2018 on charges of “acting against national security” and “promoting Zionist Christianity.” “Pastor Nadarkhani’s furlough is a welcome development …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “For China… the Ukrainian crisis provided a unique opportunity to increase its access to Russia’s natural resources, particularly gas, gain contracts for infrastructure projects and new markets for Chinese technology, and turn Russia into a junior partner in the relationship between the two countries.” — Report by the European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2015. In addition to …

Shabtabnews – In a recent letter US President Biden outlines his response to Dr. Bahramian’s  letter on behalf of National Liberation Front (INLF) to the US President and the EU. Dr Bahramian in his opne letter stated that : ” Iranian people, all over the world have declared this suppressive regime as illegal, and in their quest to establish a …