Thursday , 28 March 2024

Human rights

IHRNGO Calls for International Action to Stop Execution of Protesters in Iran

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – The death sentences against Reza Rasayi and Mojahed Kourkour, two “Woman, Life, Freedom” protesters, have been reportedly upheld by the Supreme Court. At the same time, at least three other protesters also remain at risk.  Iran Human Rights once again warns of the exponential rise in executions in Iran and calls on the international community …

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UN Says Swedish Citizen Faces Iran Execution ‘Shortly’

RFL/RE – The United Nations on December 23 warned that an Iranian-Swedish citizen is facing imminent execution in Iran, after a Swedish court upheld the conviction of a former Iranian prison official. “Disturbing news that Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali could be shortly executed on charges of ‘enmity against God,'” the UN human rights office said. Djalali was sentenced to death in …

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Iranian Authorities Seize Sakharov Prize Awarded To Honor Mahsa Amini, Rights Groups Say

RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have seized the prestigious Sakharov Prize that was awarded by the European Parliament to honor Mahsa Amini, whose September 2022 death in custody sparked nationwide anti-government protests and who came to symbolize battle for human rights for Iranian women. The Norway-based Human rights organization Hengaw and the France-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network on December 23 said …

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Iran: Arbitrarily detained Swedish Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali at grave risk of retaliatory execution

Amnesty – Reacting to alarming developments indicating that Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been arbitrarily detained in Iran since April 2016, is at grave risk of imminent retaliatory execution in the country, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa Diana Eltahawy said: “Amid a sharp spike in executions in Iran since November, mounting evidence indicates …

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Taher Davabi Executed in Khorramabad; Hossein Payi and Karamollah Lorestani at Imminent Risk

Iran Human Rights (IHNRGO) – Taher Davabi was executed for murder charges in Khorramabad Central Prison. Two drug death row inmates have also been transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Khorramabad Central Prison in Lorestan province on 18 December. His identity has been established …

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Mohammad Saleh Amini Executed in Taybad

Iran Human Rights (IHNRGO) – A drug death row inmate named Mohammad Saleh Amini was executed in Taybad Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Taybad Prison in Khorasan Razavi province on 21 December. His identity has been established as 35-year-old Mohammad Saleh Amini who was a chicken farm worker prior to arrest. …

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Iran Indicts Father Of Slain Protester Over ‘Security’ Charges

iranintl – Mashallah Karami, the father of slain protester Mohammad Mehdi Karami, has been indicted for alleged crimes against national security, along with eight other political prisoners. According to the indictments in court proceedings on Wednesday, they were accused of five crimes including “forming groups to undermine national security,” “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” Information …

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Execution of a Victim of Child Marriage in Iran

CHRI – On December 20, Iranian authorities executed Samira Sabzian, 32, who was detained in Gharchak prison in Tehran province. Sabzian, the mother of two, was convicted in 2016 of murdering her husband. According to Iran Human Rights, an Oslo-based human rights organization, Sabzian was a 15-year-old girl when she was married to her husband, and suffered domestic violence. She was only 19 at …

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Activists Seeking Refuge in Turkey Face Deportation, Severe Persecution in Iran

CHRI – Iranian civil and political activists, forced to flee political persecution in the Islamic Republic, face expulsion from their refuge in Turkey and extradition back to Iran. Given the grave concerns for their fate, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) urges immediate international assistance to prevent their forcible return to a country marked by severe human rights …

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