Human rights

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – The Court of Appeal has upheld the eight and a half year imprisonment sentence for Arsham Rezaee, a civil activist. According to Iran Human Rights, Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Zargar, has upheld the ruling from the court of first instance for the civil activist, Arsham Rezaee. Arsham …

iranhr– Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too late, a group of UN human rights experts said today. The group of 16 experts expressed grave concerns that Ms. Mohammadi appears to have contracted COVID-19 in Zanjan Prison. Ms. Mohammadi has been in detention since 2015 on …

theguardian.com – The 25-year-old is forging a growing reputation in France and dreams of Olympic gold but laments her exile from Iran, where the idea of a woman boxing is frowned upon  Sadaf Khadem: ‘I confounded the rules of my country. I wasn’t wearing a hijab, I was coached by a man – some people take a dim view of …

Al-Arabia – The United States “will always stand with the Iranian people in their struggle for true justice,” a State Department spokesperson told Al Arabiya English on Tuesday, in reaction to Iran suspending the execution of three protesters due to an online campaign. “We are glad to hear that the Iranian regime backed off their plans to execute three men for protesting,” …

VOA – An Iranian father who became an outspoken critic of Iran’s Islamist rulers after their security forces killed his son in nationwide antigovernment protests last November has begun a second week in the custody of authorities, who rearrested him in response to his ongoing activism.     Iranian security agents arrested Manouchehr Bakhtiari on July 13 at the airport of Iran’s …

Iran-HRM – Three Iranian political prisoners face new charges that could keep them in prison for a longer term. Majid Assadi, Mohammad Bannazadeh Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba imprisoned at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj were summoned to the Evin prison prosecutor’s office today and were told that new charges had been brought against them while they were in prison. The …

CHRI- A clip broadcast on Iranian state TV on July 16, 2020, claiming to show imprisoned human rights defender Narges Mohammadi  being tested for the coronavirus by what appears to be a medical professional on the previous day, was a manufactured attempt by the authorities in Iran to counter reports that she may have COVID-19, Mohammadi’s husband told the Center for Human Rights in Iran …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi continue to be held in detention without access to legal counsel or family visitation rights. In a meeting held with officials, professors, and representatives of Sharif University student organisations present, that appears as public forced confession, the two students described the pressure they had endured in detention. The alleged charges …

Shabtabnews – Following the US state departments report on Commission on Unalienable Rights and US Secretary State, Pompeo’s speech and video of the event, Persecuted Christians Coalition has through an Open Letter has requested US AG Barr to Designate the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Criminal Organisation. The reports can be seen via below links: https://www.state.gov/draft-report-of-the-commission-on-unalienable-rights/ https://www.state.gov/unalienable-rights-and-the-securing-of-freedom/ To sign …

Radiofarda – Reacting to more than 11 million tweets calling for an end to executions in Iran, the Islamic Republic Judiciary spokesman has said, “We are not obliged to listen to the counter-revolutionaries, aggressive opposition movements and the media empire.” Furthermore, Gholam Hossein Esmaeili dismissed the record-breaking and unprecedented online campaign as “produced by robots.” The hashtag, “No to Death …