Human rights

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

VOA – The family of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked months of protests in Iran, says the leadership of Iran must be held accountable for crimes against humanity and that they want their case heard in an international court. Erfaz Mortezaei, Amini’s cousin, told Britain’s ITV News in an interview broadcast Sunday that Amini’s parents have been threatened, being told …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 17, 2023: Kurdish political prisoner, Mohiyedin Ebrahimi was executed in Urmia Central Prison. Iran Human Rights strongly condemns Mohiyedin Ebrahimi’s execution and current execution wave. Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said: “Mohiyedin Ebrahimi was sentenced to death without due process and fair trial rights by the Revolutionary Court and his execution is a violation of national and …

iranhr.net – Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); March 17, 2023: At least five men were executed for drug-related charges in the early hours of March 17 in Urmia Central Prison. Iran Human Rights strongly condemns their executions and considers it to be a part of the Islamic Republic’s organised crime of mass execution of drug death row prisoners. It calls on Iran’s …

31 Lawyers and Doctors Call for Freedom of “Peace-Seeking Lawyer and Human Rights Activist” In a joint letter published today, 31 doctors and human rights lawyers from within Iran and France called on the Iranian government to release imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unjustly jailed in Iran since 2018. “Despite enduring terrible physical and psychological torture, …

Iran court sentences two to death over deadly shrine attack reuters – DUBAI, March 18 (Reuters) – An Iranian court has handed out death sentences to two men over an attack on a Shi’ite shrine in Iran that killed 15 people in October and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State, the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. …

Iranwire – Iranian security forces re-arrested well-known civil rights activist Sepideh Qoliyan overnight, hours after she was released from more than four years in prison. After her release on March 15, Qoliyan posted on Twitter a video of herself without the mandatory hijab shouting slogans against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei outside Tehran’s Evin prison. “Khamenei the Zahhak! We’ll take you …

Iranwire – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Tehran Province Journalists Association (TPJA), are calling on the Iranian authorities to free all journalists and media workers imprisoned in the country for simply doing their job and stop the ongoing crackdown on the media. The IFJ and the TPJA said in a statement on March 16 that 15 journalists …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas cannisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Amnesty – Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence against child protesters as young as 12 to quell their involvement in nationwide protests, said Amnesty International today. Marking six months of the unprecedented popular uprising in Iran, sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa …