Human rights

amnesty – ARTICLE 19 and Amnesty International welcome the report of the Special Rapporteur which highlights institutional impunity for crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations in Iran. View Report in English DOWNLOAD PDF

HRW – People in Iran are confronting multiple crises. A sustained economic crisis has harmed the livelihoods of millions of Iranians, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Broad US economic sanctions have caused serious hardships for ordinary Iranians and threaten their right to health. At the center of Iranian residents’ struggles is an unaccountable and deeply repressive state. Iranian authorities ignore or punish …

Iranhr.net -We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, are alarmed by Iranian parliament’s move to ratify the general outlines of the draconian “Regulatory System for Cyberspace Services Bill,” previously known as the “User Protection Bill” and referred to hereafter as “the Bill.” If passed, the Bill will violate an array of human rights of people in Iran, including …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is appalled by the incalculable suffering already caused by Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and warns that religious communities across Ukraine will likely be targeted with violence and oppression under any Russian influence. “We are horrified by Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, the senseless loss of life, and the lack …

Iranwire – An Iranian mathematician and philosophy lecturer has rejected his award for the country’s book of the year “in protest at censorship” in Iran. Kaave Lajevardi said in a post on his blog on March 15 that he informed officials of his decision after being named as the joint winner of the prize for his translation of John Locke’s book “An Essay Concerning …

Iranwire – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anousheh Ashouri are reportedly on their way back to the UK after years of captivity in Iran. News of the dual nationals’ transfer to Imam Khomeini Airport was broken this morning by Nazanin’s local member of parliament in London, Tulip Siddiq. “Nazanin is at the airport in Tehran and on her way home,” the MP wrote on Twitter shortly after …

Amnesty – In response to reports that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori have been released from detention in Iran and are about to leave the country, Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International UK’s CEO, said: “This is fantastic news, but it hasn’t come a moment too soon.   “Nazanin and Anoosheh should never have been detained in the first place – they were …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Allameh Tabataba’i University student, Hasti Amiri has been sentenced to a year imprisonment and social bans for “propaganda against the system” charges for which Twitter posts against the death penalty and participating in student protests have been cited. Iran Human Rights condemns the increasing repression in Iran and calls for the immediate revocation of Hasti …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Hafizollah Rakhshani, a Baluch man sentenced to qisas for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. According to Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Zahedan Central Prison on the morning of March 13. His identity has been reported as 30-year-old Hafizollah Rakhshani who was a Shir Abad resident in Zahedan and had been sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) …

Iranwire – IranWire recently fielded a questionnaire that asked its readers a series of key questions about discrimination against religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. The following report is based on the findings of this questionnaire – which recorded anecdotal rather than scientific findings. The Diversity of Respondents The respondents were followers of many minority religious faiths. Among the respondents, there were also non-believers, …