Human rights

Iran-HRM – Iranian prison authorities have banished political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee to the Prison of Amol, in northern Iran. This happened only hours after she had been returned to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, on Sunday, January 24, after 43 days of intense interrogation by the IRGC Intelligence at Ward 2A of Evin Prison. Amol is one of the cities …

CHRI – A group of international human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran today published a joint statement expressing serious concerns over a renewed crackdown on Afghan civil society, including a wave of kidnappings and murders of journalists and activists. “The people of Afghanistan are squeezed between several violent forces, internally and externally,” says the statement. …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Mehdi Ali Hosseini, a wrestler sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for “pre-meditated murder,” has been executed in Dezful Prison. According to state-run ISNA who quoted the judiciary’s public relations of Khuzestan Province, a prisoner was executed in Dezful Prison this morning. The Asr Jonoub Telegram channel has identified the executed prisoner as 30-year-old Mehdi Ali Hosseini. Mehdi Ali …

spiegel.de – More than a hundred experts are demanding an end to the EU-China investment agreement, DER SPIEGEL has learned. They name serious human rights violations and the suppression of democracy movements in China as the reasons. A broad front in opposition to the deal has developed over the last several days. More than 100 renowned China experts, researchers and …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Reza Qoli Shir Mohammadi remains in detention despite suffering from liver cancer. Mr. Shir Mohammadi, 65, is presently detained in the Prison of Tabriz. He is in dire health and his conditions have deteriorated this week. Informed sources say Mr. Shir Mohammadi contracted cancer in March 2020 and started his chemotherapy. But in December 2020, he …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoner Loghman Hakimpour was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is presently detained in Evin Prison in Tehran. Political prisoner Loghman Hakimpour has been detained for seven months. He was summoned to court and tried on January 12, 2021. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national …

Iran-HRM – The Annual Report of Iran Human Rights Monitor examines key human rights themes in Iran during 2020. In the past year Iranian people were deprived of their most basic rights due to the horrendous violations of human rights committed by the clerical regime ruling the country. This oppression culminates in horrific scenes of public hangings, floggings, and even …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – According to newly received information, a Baluch and an Afghani prisoner were executed in Zahedan Central Prison on January 20. With the previously documented executions of Hafez Abdolsattar and Abdolraouf Kobdani, four prisoners were executed at the prison on that day. According to Iran Human Rights, on the morning of January 20, the death sentences …

Iran-HRM – The special guards’ unit of the Central Prison of Urmia went on rampage to terrorize the prisoners detained in this prison. On Thursday, January 21, 2021, the special guards’ unit of the Central Prison of Urmia held a maneuver with all its equipment to create an atmosphere of fear and terror among inmates. The special guards’ unit entered …

Iran-HRM – Political activist Yousef Kari was transferred to the dispensary of the Prison of Ardabil on the seventh day of his hunger strike. Mr. Kari protested the insults and foul language used by the prison’s observer assistant prosecutor against him by going on hunger strike. Violation of the rights of political prisoners as well as his segregation and transfer …