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Shabtabnews – In a today’s statement “The international organisation to preserve human rights (IOPHR) decries the lack of independence of Iran’s judiciary, and its collaborations in human right violations of the Iranian Regime, despite the provisions within the Iranian Constitution requiring the Judiciary to uphold individual and social rights.” The statement further states ” history of the Iranian judiciary over …

Shabtabnews – Hamid Gharagozloo the representative of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in Washington, D.C, in a recent virtual meeting with the Commissioner for International Freedom of Religions and other reporters of human rights organisations expressed concern about the situation of Iran’s Sunnis as well as the country’s political prisoners. According to the Kalam TV Network, as …

Shabtabnews – Following the US state departments report on Commission on Unalienable Rights and US Secretary State, Pompeo’s speech and video of the event, Persecuted Christians Coalition has through an Open Letter has requested US AG Barr to Designate the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Criminal Organisation. The reports can be seen via below links: https://www.state.gov/draft-report-of-the-commission-on-unalienable-rights/ https://www.state.gov/unalienable-rights-and-the-securing-of-freedom/ To sign …

Shabtabnews – USCIRF announces a hearing on Surveillance of Religion in China . As during the past two decades, the Chinese government has created an Orwellian surveillance state with an unprecedented ability to gather private information about its citizens. The government has installed hundreds of millions of surveillance cameras across the country, using facial and voice recognition systems to distinguish …

Shabtabnews – USCIRF Releases Report on the Anti-cult Movement and Religious Regulation in Russia and Central AsiaWashington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:Religious Regulation Issue Update – This issue update explains the legacy of Soviet-era legislation as well as the substantial influence of the western anti-cult movement on contemporary religious regulation in …

Shabtabnews – Following the statement of IOPHR on 27th June requesting for Urgent Action against death sentences issued against protesters, Hamid Gharagozloo the representative of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in Washington, D.C. in an interview in Kalam TV highlighted the importance of global twitter campaign to stop the carrying out of the death sentence against the …

Shabtabnews – According to FoxNews tens of thousands of Iranian dissidents and supporters of regime change are expected to gather for a virtual summit this week — as the U.S. continues to ramp up the pressure on the regime in Tehran over its terrorist activities. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/iranian-dissidents-summit-overthrow-as-us-pressure-tehran Furthermore, growing number of members of US congress have called on the Iranian regime …

Shabtabnews – According to DorrTV news sources, The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, on the orders of the Supreme National Security Council and the government of Hassan Rouhani, has called for a comprehensive study of the Islamic Republic’s withdrawal from the NPT. The Islamic Republic acceded to the Protocol on 18th December 2003, during the presence of …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today applauded the U.S. Department of Treasury’s designations under the Global Magnitsky Act and the Department of State’s imposition of visa restrictions on senior Chinese officials responsible for egregious religious freedom violations against Uyghur and other Muslims in Xinjiang. “For years, USCIRF has called on the administration to impose targeted sanctions against Chen Quanguo, Zhu Hailun, …

christianpost.com – What has happened to Iran over the past four decades? Back in 1976, Iran was at the height of its glory after nearly two centuries. As a close ally of the U.S., the only friend of Israel in the region, and a prosperous nation with the eighth largest economy in the world, Iran was poised to surpass many …