CHRI – Iranians have taken to social media to call for the freedom of Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council who was arrested on September 27, 2018, two days after tweeting about his efforts to free two detained members of the Baha’i faith.
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Iran: Victim of domestic and sexual violence, arrested as a child, is executed after unfair trial
Amnesty – Responding to the horrific news that 24-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Zeinab Sekaanvand was executed early this morning in Urumieh central prison, West Azerbaijan province, Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:
Read More »Political Prisoner Sentenced To Extra 3 Years In Jail
Iran-HRM – Iranian judicial authorities have charged political prisoner Soheil Arabi with new charges, extending his jail sentence.
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Iran Human Rights Monitor, Monthly Report – September 2018
Read More »IRAN: TEACHER TRADE UNIONIST IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE: MOHAMMAD HABIBI
Amnesty – Imprisoned Iranian teacher and trade unionist Mohammad Habibi is in poor health and is being denied the urgent specialized medical care he needs. He is a prisoner of conscience, serving 10 and a half years in prison solely for exercising his human rights. He must be immediately and unconditionally released.
Read More »A female juvenile offender and two men were hanged in Iran
Iran Human Rights – Zeynab Sekanvand, a juvenile offender who was 17 years old when arrested for the murder of her husband, was executed this morning at Urmia prison along with two other prisoners. Despite ratifying several international covenants banning the death penalty for offences committed at under 18 years of age, Iran remains the world’s biggest executioner of juvenile …
Read More »Iran: 14 Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Confinement In Preparation of Execution
Iran Human Rights – At least 14 prisoners, most of whom were sentenced to death on murder charges, were transferred to the solitary confinement of Rajai Shahr Prison.
Read More »New UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Requests Entry to Iran
CHRI – UN SRs on Human Rights Banned From Visiting Since 2005 The new special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has requested that Iran break its 13-year ban on UN human rights experts visiting the country and allow him entry.
Read More »Civil Rights Activist Farhad Meysami Barricades Himself in Evin Prison Clinic
CHRI – Meysami Intensifies Hunger Strike and Calls For Release of Reza Khandan
Read More »Iran Should Immediately Free Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi on Medical Grounds
CHRI – Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners Routine in Iran . Iranian authorities should immediately free political prisoner Arash Sadeghi so he can receive medical care for serious health issues that require urgent and sustained care, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today.
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