Radiofarda – Iran’s Free Labor Union (FLU) reported on Tuesday that security forces arrested ten more steel factory workers in Ahvaz, bringing the total number to 41 detainees.
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British-Iranian Dual Citizen To Ask For ‘Conditional Release’
Radiofarda – The lawyer of an Iranian-British dual citizen imprisoned in Iran told the official news agency IRNA that his client will ask for conditional release from jail.
Read More »Long Prison Term For Dervish Attorney In Iran
Iran-HRM – Mostafa Daneshjoo, a lawyer from Iran’s persecuted Gonabadi Dervish religious minority has been sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Read More »UN General Assembly Adopts 65th Resolution Censuring Rights Abuse In Iran
Iran-HRM – UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution, by a recorded vote of 84 in favour to 30 against, with 67 abstentions, condemning Iran’s human rights violations expressing grave concern over the high number of executions, especially juveniles, arbitrary and systematic arrests, and atrocious prison conditions.
Read More »A Daily Overview of Human Rights Violations in Iran for December 17, 2018
HRANA – The following is an overview of human rights violations in Iran on December 17th, 2018 based on the information compiled and verified by Human Rights Activists News Agency(HRANA).
Read More »Iran: Unprecedented Crackdown of Independent Lawyers
Iran Human Rights (IHR) – Iranian lawyer Mohammad Najafi has been sentenced to another 13 years imprisonment solely because of doing his job to defend his clients’ rights. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment a few weeks ago.
Read More »Why Did Telegram Warn Users That Iranian Versions of the Telegram App—Talaeii and Hotgram—Are “Unsafe”?
CHRI – Iranian Client Apps Are Violating Telegram’s Terms of Service by Failing to Protect User Data
Read More »Family “Worried” About Ailing, Elderly Labor Activist Held Incommunicado
CHRI – The family of ailing labor activist Asghar Firouzi has been extremely “worried” about his condition since he was detained by unidentified security agents, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.
Read More »Iran’s Oil Minister Joins Twitter, Reigniting Calls for All Iranians to Be Allowed to Use Social Network
CHRI – Twitter Banned in Iran Since 2009 But Many Officials Are Active Users Iranians from across the political spectrum responded to the new presence on Twitter by Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh by urging the government to lift the nine-year ban on the social media network.
Read More »Security Forces Arrest 28 Steel Workers In Ahvaz
Radiofarda – Reports from Iran say that at 2:00 am on Monday security forces arrested thirteen workers of a steel factory in their homes and while onlookers protested, they arrested two more people.
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