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UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, calls on Iran to “immediately and unconditionally release all those imprisoned for exercising their right to religious freedom”, and end discrimination against minorities.

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran called for the “immediately and unconditionally release all those imprisoned for exercising their right to religious freedom”, and end discrimination against minorities. Latest report by @UN special rapporteur on #human_rights in Iran, @JavaidRehman, calls on #Iran to "immediately and unconditionally release all those imprisoned for …

Shabtabnews – In a statement IOPHR yesterday condemned the Oppression of Religious Minorities, Prisoners of Conscience, Human Trafficking, and Child Sex Slave Trade by the Occupying Regime in Iran. Furthermore, in the weekly webinar on Global Human Rights issues held by USIRF, the IOPHR representative Hamid Gharagozloo gave a presentation on the state of human rights in Iran. In this …

USCIRF Welcomes Import Ban against Xinjiang Firms

shabtabnews – In a statement ” The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today welcomed the decision by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to issue five new Withhold Release Orders (WRO) due to concerns about forced labor and religious freedom violations in the region aimed towards Uyghur and other Muslims.” The statement also stated “This is an important …

Iranian Journalist Begins Seven-Year Prison Term On ‘National Security’ Charges

Radiofarda – Media freedom watchdogs have condemned the prison sentence handed to Iranian independent journalist Khosro Sadeghi Borojeni and urged the country’s authorities to stop arbitrarily jailing members of the press.Borojeni, a freelance columnist, was taken to Tehran’s Evin prison on September 9 to begin a seven-year prison term on charges of “insulting the Islamic Republic’s founder,” “anti-government propaganda,” and …

Radiofarda – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts strongly condemned the execution of Navid Afkari in an Iranian prison on Saturday, following the champion wrestler’s controversial allegations of killing a security guard during anti-Islamic Republic protests in 2018. “It is deeply disturbing that the authorities appear to have used the death penalty against an athlete as a …

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