Human rights

Radiofarda – International condemnation of the Islamic regime’s use of military force against peaceful demonstrators continue as based informed estimates Amnesty International said Tuesday 106 protesters have been killed. The United States, the UN, Germany and France have condemned Tehran for its violence against those taking part in anti-government demonstrations that has left also thousands injured as a result of widespread use …

Radiofarda – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has lambasted the Islamic Republic for shutting down the Internet in Iran. In a statement published on November 18, IJF said, “The Iranian regime has blocked nearly all internet access amid rising repression against protests over the hike in fuel prices that began on November 15. Furthermore, the international body that represents …

Al-Arabia – Iranian dual nationals are among those arrested since unrest began last week, sparked by a petrol price hike, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.Citing security sources, Fars reported that detained German, Turkish and Afghan dual nationals had been trained and funded by foreign services to carry out operations for destroying infrastructure and stirring up civil disobedience. …

RFL/RE – Iran’s leaders have claimed defeat over an “enemy conspiracy” in the face of growing international condemnation of its deadly crackdown on demonstrations sparked by sharp fuel-price hikes. “Our people have been victorious,” President Hassan Rohani told a cabinet meeting on November 20, claiming that the “armed anarchists” who took to the streets across Iran were few in number. …

VOA – The Iranian people have experienced days without the internet, the result of a government-backed shutdown as a response to nationwide protests over gas price increases. This isn’t the first time the Tehran government has blocked Iranians’ access to parts of the internet or to social media sites. But observers say the current shutdown, which began Saturday night, has …

Amnesty – Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by Iranian security forces, which have used excessive and lethal force to crush largely peaceful protests in more than 100 cities across Iran sparked by a hike in fuel prices on 15 …

HRW – Iranian security forces appear to be using excessive force against protests that emerged after an abrupt government increase in fuel prices across the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities have ordered the near-total shutdown of the internet. Occasional video footage of protests posted on social media amid the internet shutdown appear to show security forces directly shooting at protestors …

Iran Human Rights (IHR) – After four days of the nationwide protests in Iran, there are alarming reports about the casualties including the number of people who are shot dead by the security forces in several Iranian cities. The government has blocked its people’s access to the internet in an attempt to cover up the extensive violence used against the …

CHRI – Families of Killed, Injured and Arrested Must Be Informed, Independent Investigations of State Actions Are Needed Those Arrested Must Be Guaranteed Full Due Process Rights, Access to Attorneys November 19, 2019—The authorities’ use of excessive force against protestors in Iran, which has included the use of live ammunition and has resulted in dozens of deaths, is a blatant …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “As Iranian, Saudi and other Muslim women around the globe struggled for freedom from the hijab, which they consider a political symbol that has nothing to do with piety, the reaction among the liberal circles in the West was confounding. Here an increasing number of feminists, leftists and the liberal media glorified the hijab as some exotic symbol …