Human rights

CHRI —In a new LGBTQ Fact Sheet published today by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the extreme rights violations and deadly violence perpetrated by both the state and society against the LGBTQ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer) in Iran are highlighted in a concise, accessible format for researchers, journalists, and policymakers. Download CHRI’s LGBTQ Fact Sheet Among …

RFL/RE – In a rare admission by Iranian authorities, the head of the country’s prisons apologized for “unacceptable behavior” in Tehran’s Evin prison after videos purportedly obtained by hackers showed abuse of prisoners. A hacking group calling itself Edalat-e Ali (Ali’s Justice) shared with Radio Farda and some other Persian media videos that appear to be from the prison’s surveillance …

Iranwire – Asylum law in Afghanistan was never ratified by the Afghan parliament before the Taliban’s takeover in mid-August. The only recourse asylum seekers currently inside the country have is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. But the collapse of the state architecture into the hands of the Taliban and the flight of international forces and NGOs has left …

Iranwire – Iranians have been comparing deaths from Covid-19 in their country to the falling of leaves in autumn. Mourning families stand in line for hours to see their loved ones buried, while desperate Iranians all over the country stand in queues of another kind waiting for vaccines at clinics that are woefully out of stock. Amid a devastating fifth …

Iran-HRM – The interrogators and torturers of the Intelligence Department of Ahvaz have been torturing and harassing political prisoner Mehran Qareh Baghi in recent weeks. The interrogators are seeking information about Mr. Qareh Baghi’s friends despite the fact that he has been in Behbahan Prison since 2019. They have also brandished threats against Mehran Qareh Baghi telling him, “We will …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – A prisoner named Shahbaz Jadidi who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder, was secretly executed in Yasuj Prison on July 18. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed on murder charges in Yasuj Prison on July 18. His identity has been established as 39-year-old Shahbaz Jadidi. Speaking to IHR, an informed …

Iranwire – The case of Hamid Nouri, a former prison official now two weeks into his criminal trial in Sweden for war crimes and murder over his role in Iran’s 1988 prison massacre, has begun to garner international attention. Over the weekend Iranian ambassador to Sweden Ahmad Masoumifar issued a sudden excoriation of Swedish prosecutors involved in the case, alleging – without providing evidence …

Iran-HRM – The Iranian Supreme Court turned down the appeal by Hamed Qareh Oghlani after only five days. Hamed Qareh Oghlani is sentenced to 13 years in prison. The 41st Branch of the Supreme Court upheld the ruling on February 8, 2021, and issued it electronically on February 16, 2021. The 2nd Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia convened on September 28, 2020. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) Kurdish political prisoner, Ghader Mohammadzadeh who went on hunger strike in protest to “his furlough being rejected and his bail being seized’ is reported to be in a “deteriorating physical condition.” According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, Ghader Mohammadzadeh who is a political prisoner in Ward 3 of Yazd Central Prison, and has been …

RFL/RE – Iranian officials have reported an increase in the overall number of child marriages last year compared to 2019. According to the Statistics Center of Iran, the marriage rate of girls aged 10-14 last year increased by 10.5 percent compared to 2019. It says 31,379 girls in that age bracket were married in 2020 compared to 28,373 cases the …