Human rights

Iran-HRM – Inmates confined at Urmia Central Prison are under unbearable and harsh conditions; the prison authorities stepping up the pressures even more on daily basis, including physical and psychological pressures. An instance is, not delivering the vital medication for patients with special illnesses. An informed source said: “Two weeks has passed but the prison authorities have not yet distributed …

Shabtabnews – In a statement The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) expressed “its deepest condolences on the sad passing of Dr. Mohammad Maleki to his family and all freedom activists.Dr. Maleki was a gentle freedom fighter, who always chose the well-being of others over his own well-being and spent his entire life opposing enmity and oppression, and helping …

Iran-HRM – An appeals court in the western city of Sanandaj has sentenced Kurdish citizen Foad Enayati, to two years of suspended prison term. He was initially sentenced to 10 months in prison and 74 lashes on the charge of “disrupting public order through participating in illegal gatherings.” The flogging sentence against Mr. Enayati which was issued by the Branch …

(HRW) – Iran should address gaps in its long-awaited draft law on violence against women that offers limited protections for survivors of domestic violence, and put it before the parliament for a vote, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past year alone, several widely publicized instances of violence against women in Iran have drawn national attention and outrage. The authorities should also …

CHRI – Manufactured National Security Charges Used to Silence Free Expression In yet another blow to the Iranian Writers Association, an independent group formed in Iran in 1968 to fight state censorship that is now banned, the authorities in Iran have gone after two more members of the association, arresting and detaining the poet Amin Moradi and prosecuting Arash Ganji, who …

Shabtabnews – In a new statement IOPHR condemned: “The continuing and unacceptable violation of the rights of Iranian Sunni citizens and the demand for the immediate release of Maulana Fazlur Rehman Koohi.” The statement also in regards to the Iranian regime’s relations with other Muslim countries stated that while the” Iranian regime’s warmest relations with the Taliban and ISIS elements, …

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF Commissioner stated: “ USCIRF Commissioner @JohnnieM: “Shame on #Iran for summoning Nasrin Soutudeh back to prison rather than letting her medical care continue. Her advocacy for clients who protested mandatory hijab laws is fully consistent with freedom of religion and belief.” USCIRF Commissioner @JohnnieM: "Shame on #Iran for summoning Nasrin Soutudeh back to …

iranwire.com – Just over a year ago, in November 2019, anti-government protests took place in cities and towns across Iran. Iran’s Interior Minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, disparaged the numbers on state television. “Overall between 150,000 and 200,000people took part in the protests,” he said. “The population of Iran is more than 82 million.  Clearly, the protesters don’t represent the nation.” (Incidentally, we STILL don’t know …

A leading human rights group said Thursday that an Iranian-Swedish scientist’s execution has been halted — at least for now. Ahmadreza Djalali’s planned execution is on hold for the “next few days,” a spokeswoman for Amnesty International told Al-Monitor. Djalali, an emergency medicine specialist, was arrested in Iran in 2016. He was charged with espionage, and later sentenced to death on the …

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt imminent plans to amputate the fingers of six men convicted of robbery following unfair trials and torture-tainted “confessions”, said Amnesty International in a detailed analysis released today. The analysis reveals horrific figures, provided to the organization by a human rights group, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, that over the past two decades, on average, the Iranian authorities have …