Human rights

Radiofarda – In another public gesture of sympathy for a 29-year old woman who killed herself for being prosecuted over her right to attend a men’s football game, players wore jerseys at a match inscribed with her name. Tehran’s Esteqlal football team wearing jerseys saying “The Blue Girl” before their match on September 15, 2019. Sahar Khodayari was arrested in …

Iran-HRM – Iranian Sunni prisoners of conscience were attacked and beaten by Raja’i Shahr Prison guards in Karaj after protesting prison conditions and denial of medical treatment. Many were injured but are still in solitary confinement. Reports indicate that the prison guards beat the prisoners on August 27, 2019, using electric shock and truncheons. The prisoners had previously staged hunger strike in …

Radiofarda – The tragic death of a young Iranian woman who was arrested while trying to sneak into a stadium to watch a men’s soccer match has led to an outpouring of grief, outrage, and calls for FIFA to ensure Iran ends a ban on female spectators that has endured for 40 years.Twenty-nine-year old Sahar Khodayari died several days after setting herself …

BBC – A British-Australian woman detained in Iran has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East politics specialist at Melbourne University. She has been held for a “number of months” already, on charges that remain unclear, the Australian government says. Dr Moore-Gilbert is the third foreign national revealed this week to have been arrested in the country. Media reports …

CHRI – Minute of Silence Observed for “Blue Girl” Stadium Ban Resister Who Died by Self-Immolation  Activists leading the struggle against Iran’s ban on women in stadiums were honored with the “Sport for Human Rights” award sponsored by social change organizations Beyond Sport and Equality League at a reception in New York City on September 12, 2019. A minute of silence was observed for Sahar Khodayari, …

Radiofarda – A group of thirteen well-known political and civic activists in Iran have issued a statement Friday strongly condemning recent harsh court verdicts against dissidents, other activists and journalists. FILE – Some of the activists detained in Iran since July 2019. The opposition Kalameh website has published their statement, which alleges a separate group has been formed within Iran’s …

Radiofarda – Iran ranks 143rd in the world economic freedom index says the latest report published by the Canadian Fraser Institute on Thursday, September 12. The annual report measures the economic situation in 162 countries and territories across the world. Two Asian economies, Hong Kong and Singapore, are once again the most economically free territories in the world. Hong Kong …

Radiofarda – While the International Football Federation (FIFA) is set to dispatch a delegation to Tehran to look into the case of a female football fan who recently committed suicide by self-immolation, the Islamic Republic has issued a warrant to arrest a movie superstar in Iran for supporting the victim. A news agency affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps …

Iran-HRM – Iran: torture and corporal punishment mandated by law Torture and corporal punishment are common practices in Iran’s prisons and also mandated by law. The regime denies use of torture in Iranian prisons despite thousands of reports since the early 80’s that prove torture has been used to extract forced confessions from prisoners or to break the morale of …

Iran-HRM – The Iranian regime sentenced 86 people to a total of 2,580 lashes and 344 months of prison for protesting water diversion to an IRGC linked steel mill in Isfahan. The Borujen Criminal Court in the southwestern province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province tried 103 protesters for “disrupting public order and peace” and “disobeying government agents on duty” on …