Friday , 29 March 2024

Human rights

Iran Wraps Trial of Swedish EU Diplomat, Awaiting Defense

VOA – The trial of a Swedish EU diplomat wrapped up in Tehran on Sunday, with Iranian prosecutors seeking the maximum penalty for the man accused of spying for Iran’s arch-foe, Israel. The prosecutor said that 33-year-old Johan Floderus — who works for the European Union diplomatic service — was charged with “very extensive intelligence cooperation with the Zionist occupation …

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IHRNGO Urgent Appeal: Act Now to Save 4 Kurdish Political Prisoners from Gallows

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Family members of Kurdish political prisoners Mohsen Mazloum, Pejman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar and Hajir Faramarzi have been summoned for their last pre-execution prison visits in Evin Prison. Their executions could be carried out within hours. Iran Human Rights calls on the international community for urgent action to save the political prisoners and stop arbitrary executions …

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Hossein Havasizadeh and Reza Ghorbani at Risk of Execution in Karaj

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Two drug death row prisoners named Hossein Havasizadeh and Reza Ghorbani are at imminent risk of execution after being transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for the gallows in Ghezelhesar Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were transferred to solitary confinement on 27 January in preparation for their executions in …

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Nobel Peace Laureate Urges UN Official To Visit Prisons When In Iran

iranintl – Iranian Peace Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi has urged a top UN human rights official to cancel her visit or meet with those on death row during her stay in Iran. Nada Al-Nashif, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on February 3 to investigate executions and women’s rights violations. In a message …

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Iran’s Chief Justice Orders Crackdown On ‘Organized Hijab Defiance’

iranintl – Iran’s Chief Justice has ordered prosecutors to take “decisive” action against those who are allegedly encouraging defiance of hijab rules in an “organized manner.” Gholamreza Mohseni-Ejei directed prosecutors this week to act in the name of the public and identify those “organized and foreign-affiliated elements” who oppose hijab rules. They are to be put on trial and punished …

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Iranian Journalists Assaulted During Sit-In Protest in Toronto

Iranwire – Milad Mohammadi was holding a round-the-clock sit-in in Toronto this week to protest the killing of his brother and hundreds of other protesters in the state crackdown on the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, when two Iranian-Canadians assaulted journalists.  One of the reporters, Payman Khajeh Hasani, has vowed to file a complaint against the assailants.  Mohammadi believes that …

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Hossein Ali Shakourian and Naser Mavadat Executed in Sabzevar

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hossein Ali Shakourian and Naser Mavadat who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges, were executed in Sabzevar Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Sabzevar Prison on 22 January. Their identities have been established as 37-year-old Hossein Ali Shakourian and 51-year-old Naser Mavadat who were sentenced to …

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Protester Mehdi Mousavian on Hunger Strike Against Planned Eye for an Eye Gouging

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Protester Mehdi Mousavian has begun a hunger strike in protest against his scheduled eye for an eye punishment. IHRNGO Director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam previously said: “Blinding as a form of punishment is a medieval practice that the Islamic Republic uses to intimidate society. The United Nations should not tolerate blinding as a form of punishment by …

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3 Men Executed in Shiraz

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Fazel Shafiei and Morteza Nadimi who were sentenced to death for drug-related charges and an unidentified man on death row for murder, were executed in Shiraz prisons. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 24 January. Their identities have been established as 40-year-old …

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“No To Execution” Hunger-Strike Movement Spreads Across Iran and Abroad

Iranwire – A sharp rise in executions in Iran has sparked a passionate call from Iranian civil society to abolish the death penalty in Iran, with a growing number of activists in and outside of the country announcing plans to go on hunger strike to make their voices heard. The campaign has grown since imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges …

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