Human rights

Iranwire -The family of a Belgian man jailed in Iran for more than nine months say his health deteriorated sharply after he started a hunger strike to protest the “inhumane” conditions of his incarceration. Olivier Vandecasteele, a 41-year-old aid worker, was detained by Iranian authorities in February 24. It remains unknown what he is accused of. Vandecasteele’s family said on …

Iranwire – Arshia Iman Gholizadeh Alamdari, a 16-year-old Iranian teenager, took his own life earlier this month, a few days after he was released from detention. Security forces arrested him after he knocked the turban off a cleric’s head in a street of Hadishahr, in the western province of Eastern Azerbaijan, a new tactic employed by Iranians to show dissatisfaction …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities are arbitrarily detaining 18-year-old Maziar Shahbakhsh and 17-year-old child Yasin Shahbakhsh, both from Iran’s oppressed Baluchi minority. Since their arrest, when both were children, the authorities have subjected them to torture and other ill-treatment, barred them from accessing their lawyers, and denied or severely limited their access to their families. View Report in English DOWNLOAD …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – At least 448 people including 60 children and 29 women have been killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide protests. The numbers are a minimum and only include cases verified by Iran Human Rights through documents including death certificates or medical staff testimony, or confirmation through two independent sources. Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic is …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Kheirollahi, Saheb Rasouli and an unidentified man have been executed in Isfahan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Isfahan Central Prison on November 26. Their identities have been established as Hossein Kheirollahi and Saheb Rasouli who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges by the …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Keyhan Shakerpahani was executed for unknown charges in Kashan Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Kashan Central Prison on November 26. His identity has been established as Keyhan Shakerpanahi but the charges leading to his execution have not been determined. An informed source told Iran Human …

RFL/RE – The coaches of the U.S. and Iranian soccer teams have said that they do not want to get caught up in a game of political football when their sides clash for a chance to reach the knockout stage of the World Cup. “I envision the game being hotly contested for the fact that both teams want to advance …

RFL/RE – Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have proposed a plan to enact harsher punishments against protesters who they say are cooperating with “hostile” foreign countries. According to the plan, any interaction with any Western institutions and media, including social media, will be considered cooperation and criminalized under the title of “corruption on earth” — a charge that is punishable by death and often …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The CCP, as the Chinese Communist Party is informally known, has now lost hearts across the country. China throughout the Communist period has witnessed demonstrations, but most of them are, as Burton noted, “highly localized” and “directed at malfeasance, corruption, and incompetence of lower level Communist functionaries.” Now, however, the anger is directed at the Party itself. In …

Iranwire – A professor of law at Tehran University says 10 Iranian teenagers under the age of 18 will be put on trial on charges of “waging war against God” and “spreading corruption on earth”, which carry the death penalty. Mohsen Berhani tweeted on November 27 that the teenagers will be tried before the Revolutionary Court, which he said has …