VOA – Iran has detained one of its Baha’i citizens and released another as part of a long-running crackdown on members of the religious minority in the Islamic republic.
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A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 29, 2019
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 29th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Read More »Three Members of Iran’s Writers Association Charged With National Security Crimes for Opposing Censorship
CHRI – Three senior members of the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) have been charged with national security crimes for peacefully protesting state censorship policies, according to a statement posted by the trade union on Facebook on January 22, 2019.
Read More »Autistic Individuals Deprived of Services and Medications Due to Costs, Lack of Insurance
CHRI – The mother of two autistic sons says there was no choice but to stop sending her kids to therapy classes because of astronomical costs and lack of insurance coverage.
Read More »Iran IT Minister Says Blocking Instagram Would Create New Problems
Radiofarda – Iran’s information technology minister said Tuesday that blocking the photo- and video-sharing application Instagram would only create new problems for the Islamic republic.
Read More »Sufi Prisoners Denied Medical Treatment for Painful Pellet Wounds
CHRI – Prison Official: “We shot to kill you, not to treat you” Two Sufi Muslims imprisoned in Iran’s Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) are being denied medical treatment for infected wounds from pellet guns fired by security forces 11 months ago.
Read More »Sufi Woman Locked Up With Drug Offenders In Critical Health Condition
Iran-HRM – Shokoufeh Yadollahi, a detained member of Iran’s Gonabadi Dervish minority is believed to be in a critical health condition. She has been suffering from chronic headaches due to inhaling smoke as she has recently been locked up with some of the dangerous criminals – murderers and drug addicts.
Read More »Political Prisoner Majid Asadi Denied Medical Access In Raja’i Shahr Prison
Iran-HRM – Iranian authorities have deliberately deprived prisoner of conscience Majid Asadi of the special medical care he requires.
Read More »IRAN: LABOUR RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AT RISK OF FURTHER TORTURE: ESMAIL BAKHSHI AND SEPIDEH GHOLIAN
Amnesty – Iranian labour rights activists Esmail Bakhshi and Sepideh Gholian, who were rearrested on 20 January after speaking out about beatings and other abuse they suffered in detention in late 2018, are at grave risk of further torture. The authorities must release them immediately and unconditionally as they are prisoners of conscious jailed solely on the basis of their …
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for January 28, 2019
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on January 28th, 2019 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
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