China’s treatment of Uyghurs may be crime against humanity, says UN human rights chief
theguardian - The outgoing UN human rights commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has said that China had committed “serious human rights violations”…
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Elderly Iranian political prisoner in critical condition in notorious Tehran prison
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Seyed Hossein Seyedi, who was arrested during the November 2019 Iran protests and was released on…
Iran’s judiciary endangers lives of covid-19 infected political prisoners by deliberately depriving them of treatment
Iran-HRM - With the re-emergence of COVID-19 in Iran, the number of prisoners suffering from this disease has also increased.…
A Third City in Western Iran Reports Water Supply Cut-Offs
Iranwire - The city of Urmia in West Azerbaijan province has become the latest to report chronic water supply problems…
Doctor’s Clinic Shut Down for Treating Patients Free of Charge
Iranwire - A doctor in Iran’s Lorestan province has had his clinic sealed off and his medical license revoked for…
Ailing Iranian political prisoner denied much-needed medical treatment
Iran-HRM - Political prisoner Kasra Bani Amerian detained in section 8 of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, suffered irreparable mental tension…
More Prisoner Deaths Feared in Iran’s COVID-Infested Jails
CHRI - Despite a renewed wave of COVID-19 infections in Iranian prisons, a growing number of infected political prisoners have…
The Trials of Buying Contraceptives in Iran
Iranwire - The past few days in Iran have been peppered by reports on contraceptive drugs apparently being blocked from sale due…
Women political prisoners contract Coronavirus in Evin Prison
Iran-HRM - News from the women’s war of Evin Prison indicates a Coronavirus outbreak that has been rapidly spreading amidst…
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi contracts coronavirus in prison
Iran-HRM - Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been in prison since July 11, has contracted the coronavirus and…