More than 350 Iranian political, social and media activists have called on Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, to help Iranian political prisoner Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand, who is currently on a hunger strike.
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Egregious Human Rights Violations In Iran
“It’s a very grim picture.” The U.S. State Department’s latest report on human rights conditions in Iran paints a dark picture of violations and abuse by the Iranian regime.
Rights group exposes discrimination against Afghans in Iran
Justice for Iran has sent a comprehensive report on the violation of the rights of Afghans residing in Iran to Ahmad Shaheed, the UN rapporteur on human rights in Iran.
The Amazing Story and Success of the ‘Iran Free the Docs’ Campaign
Last month, Dr. Arash Alaei spoke at the 24th annual meeting of the Kurdish National Congress of North America.
Human Rights Defenders Under Attack In Iran
Mounting repression represents a serious setback for the protection of human rights in Iran.Three independent experts who report to the United Nations on human rights have condemned the ongoing persecution of human rights defenders in Iran.
In Annual Rights Report, U.S. Warns Of ‘Instability’ Following Arab Spring
In a new report, the U.S. State Department calls last year’s uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa “inspirational.”
Amnesty Report Says Governments ‘Fail To Lead’ Against Abuse
Amnesty International says courage shown by rights protesters during the past year has been matched by an “endemic failure of leadership” from local and international authorities.
Leaders guilty of rights abuses banned from Olympics
LONDON (AFP) — World leaders and politicians guilty of human rights abuses will be banned from entering Britain for the 2012 London Olympics, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
What do imprisoned mothers in Iran fear the most? ‘Being forgotten’
(WNN) Tehran, IRAN: Built in 1971 Evin prison, in Iran’s capital city of Tehran, is a place where incarceration for prisoners brings with it depression, frustration and isolation. Prisoners who are mothers often have a secret, and haunting, fear of ‘being forgotten’ by the children they have left behind at home.
“Confess on TV or Go to Prison,” Authorities Tell Dadkhah
Human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he has been under immense pressure during recent days to make false televised confessions.