VOA – A former Iranian deputy environment chief is criticizing the global environmental community’s lack of public advocacy on behalf of eight jailed Iranian conservationists whose trial began in Tehran this week.
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A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for February 1, 2019
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on February 1st, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 31, 2019
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 31st, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Labor Activist Ali Nejati Denied Medical Treatment Against Doctor’s Orders
CHRI – Petition Signed by 800 People Calls on Iran to Release Striking Haft Tappeh Workers
Read More »Iran Continues To Hand Down Cruel Punishments For Impoverished Convicted Thieves
Iran-HRM – A 27-year old man was sentenced to three years in prison and 74 lashes for “stealing a chicken” in Laly city in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Read More »87th Woman Executed Under Rouhani In Iran
Iran-HRM – A woman was hanged on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, in Nowshahr Prison, in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.
Read More »Two Members Of The Free Union Of Iranian Workers Arrested
Iran-HRM – The state security forces arrested the secretary of the board of directors of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, Jafar Azimzadeh, and vice president of the union, Parvin Mohammadi, on January 29.
Read More »Iranian Dervish Woman’s Health Declines in Prison
VOA – A news outlet covering Iran’s Dervish religious minority says a female Dervish prisoner beaten during her arrest 11 months ago has suffered a further health decline from exposure to secondhand smoke in jail.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 30, 2019
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 30th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Eight Conservationists Tried in Iran on Basis of Retracted False “Confessions”
CHRI – First Half of Indictment Lacks Evidence, Relies on Statements Made Under Extreme Duress In their first trial session since being detained in Iran one year ago, eight conservationists learned today that the first half of their indictment is based on one detainee’s retracted forced “confessions.”
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