Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. Last week, more than 160 human rights defenders around the world, in a letter addressed to Sadegh Larijani requested the release of Bahareh Hedayat, Maryam shafiepour, and the other women who were human rights defenders and are imprisoned in Iran. 2. On 11th of March, Shahrokh […]
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Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (24-03-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1 . 28 female Dervishes who took part in the gathering in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s office and protested against the conditions of imprisoned dervishes, all wrote a letter of complaint to the police officials after being beaten by specialised police guards during the second day […]
Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran (18-03-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran 1. The United Nation Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said that Hassan Rohani’s Government has not fulfilled its obligation since freedom in Iran has not improved. Ban Ki-moon expressed his concerns over the large increase of the number of executions in Iran.2. In protest against the prison official’s inhumane […]
Iran takes legal action against opposition leaders
A top member of Iran’s judiciary said Tuesday it is taking unspecified legal action against two opposition leaders held under house arrest without charge since 2011 — a possible tentative step toward meeting their supporters’ demands that they be given a fair trial to resolve their status. The semi-official Fars news agency quoted senior […]
Iran’s Unusual Attacks Against a United Nations Special Rapporteur
To believe Iranian officials, neither the decision to keep the leaders of the Green Movement under house arrest, nor that of releasing them, involves the judiciary. High level officials take publicly pride in the politically-motivated detention of the 2009 presidential candidates as they do in the rise in execution numbers. Recent statements in support […]
Shaheed Tells the UN Rights Council Deep Reforms Needed
March 17, 2014, Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, officially presented his latest report to the UN Human Rights Council. Stating that he had met with representatives from the Iranian Judiciary and other government organizations in Geneva, Shaheed said, “the report before the Council demonstrates that […]
Reply by the Islamic Republic to the Draft of the SR’s March 2014 Report
The Islamic Republic provides a reply to Special Rapporteur ‘s March 2014 draft report on the situation of human rights in Iran, which was presented to the UNGA’s 3rd committee. This reply was submitted to the SR during drafting, the final report is linked below. Read the Islamic Republic of Iran’s reply to the […]
Weekly Report on Human Right Violation in Iran (11-03-2014)
Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Iran1. On Saturday 1 March 2014, the campaign of “Eleventh of Isfand”, related to human rights in Iran announced that this campaign has contacted the MP’s of various countries including India, England, Canada demanding immediate and unconditional freedom for the human rights activist and those prisoners who […]
Amnesty International: Joint letter to Member States of the Human Rights Council
A joint open letter that Amnesty International sent yesterday to the Member States of the Human Rights Council. To: Member States of the Human Rights CouncilYour Excellency,We, the undersigned human rights and civil society groups, are writing to urge your government to support the resolution to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on […]
Rouhani has not increased freedoms in Iran, U.N. chief says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his elecrtion, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. Rouhani, who won a landslide in June, led Iran to an initial nuclear deal with world powers. But, perhaps […]