The United Nations Human Rights Council has recently designated former Maldives foreign minister Ahmed Shaheed as the Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Renowned Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad (photo) has written him an open letter.
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UN Special Rapporteur Should Visit Iranian Prisons
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Nasser Taghvai said that despite statements made by the Prosecutor General last week, his wife, actress Marzieh Vafamehr, who was arrested more than a month ago for acting a role in the documentary “My Tehran For Sale,” has […]
UN special rapporteur : Iran must observe basic human rights
In a statement, published on official UN high commissioner for human rights on August 3, Ahmad sharid UN special rapporteur for Iran said: I presented a request to formally introduce myself and my plans to Iranian officials to investigate human rights violation in Iran.
UN Rights Investigator Appeals for Iranian Access
A newly appointed U.N. special investigator has renewed calls for Iran to cooperate in a probe of alleged human rights abuses.
UN Special Rapporteur should intervene to stop suppression of lawyers in Iran
8 April 2011 – Karim Lahidji, Vice-president of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and President of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today: “Arresting and persecuting lawyers is another dimension of the total disregard of the Iranian authorities for due process, and standards of fair trial.
A Letter to Dr. Ahmed Shaheed The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran by a Former Diplomat
“Speak the truth and shame the devil.”Dear Dr. Ahmad Shahid,What compelled me to write this letter is the fact that we share a common background serving as diplomats for our countries. Such commonality brings us closer together and encourages mutual understanding of a single issue.
Iran rejects appointment of UN human rights investigator
Head of Iranian judiciary’s Human Rights Council says any international body that appoints a special human rights rapporteur for Iran is acting illegally.
Open letter to the newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran
Of one Essence is the human race, Thusly has Creation put the Base; One Limb impacted is sufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace. Iranian poet Saadi (~1200-1292) Dr. Ahmed Shaheed UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran c/o Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais […]
Families urge human rights rapporteur to urgently meet with prisoners on hunger strike
GVF – In a letter to the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, the families of a number of political prisoners currently on hunger strike have expressed concerns over the health of their loved ones in prison. They have urged the investigator “to travel to Iran and monitor the situation of the twelve […]
U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur Forbidden to Enter Iran
The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Ahmed Shaheed, former Maldives Foreign Minister, as the new special human rights Rapporteur to Iran on June 17. One day after this announcement the Iranian parliament’s (Maljles) committee on human rights declared that Shaheed will not be allowed to visit the country.