Human rights

CHRI – A concert by the popular Persian pop band Hoorosh was canceled by judicial order an hour before show time on February 20, 2019, in the city of Firouzeh, northeastern Iran, after a powerful local ayatollah pressured the authorities.

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Radiofarda -Relatives of labor activists currently held incommunicado by Iran’s authorities, report they have been warned to keep quiet about their loved ones’ imprisonment.

Radiofarda – Amnesty International (AI) has listed Iran among the fifty countries using “bullying techniques and repressive regulations” to prevent non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from doing their work.

Radiofarda – One year ago, the quiet, upper-class Tehran neighborhood of Golestan Haftom became a war zone.

Iran-HRM – At least eight Christian converts were reportedly arrested in one month in Iran six of whom have been detained in the northern city of Rasht.

VOA – The brother of an Iranian environmentalist says Iranian authorities have detained the activist in an apparent continuation of a wave of arrests of environmentalists in western Iran in recent months.

Amnesty – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt plans to execute three young men who are on death row for crimes that took place while they were under the age of 18, said Amnesty International.

Iran Human Rights – IHR has published a report on the situation of Iranian human rights defenders in 2018.

IHR –  Iran must immediately halt the imminent execution of child offender Mohammad Kalhori, say a group of UN human rights experts in a statement published today.