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Amnesty – The public flogging on Tuesday in Iran of a young man convicted of consuming alcohol when he was just 14 or 15 years old over a decade ago highlights the inhumanity of a justice system that legalizes brutality, said Amnesty International today. “The circumstances of this case are absolutely shocking, representing another horrific example of the Iranian authorities’ …

CHRI – Several ethnic rights activists detained at an annual celebration at Babak Fort in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province required medical attention after being violently interrogated. “All of the 20 people so far have been released from the [Intelligence Ministry’s] detention center in Kaleibar have signs of physical abuse and broken bones,” an Azeri rights advocate told the Center for …

CHRI – IRIB Defends Decision to Air Clips of Teenagers Detained For Expressing Themselves Online

CHRI – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has claimed that “no one under the Islamic Republic is pursued…for being opposed to the government” but that’s not true. In this video produced by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), we consider the cases of some of the Iranians who have gone to prison for their beliefs. Find more information …

CHRI – The location of detained Baluchi ethnic rights activist Abdollah Bozorgzadeh remains unknown three weeks after he was detained in the Iranian city of Iranshahr in Sistan and Baluchistan Province.