Ardeshir Amirarjmand, spoksperson of The Coordinating Council for the Green Path of Hope of Iran, has sent a letter to Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to draw his attention to the plight of a number of political prisoners whose health […]
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Ahmad Ghabel was undergoing surgery
Political prisoner, Ahmad Ghabel hospitalized at Milad Hospital in Tehran following brain surgery.
Dr. A. Shaheed – Special Rapporteur seeks access to Iranian refugees in Turkey
Ahmed Shaheed, a UN special rapporteur charged with examining human rights conditions in Iran, has indicated that he is looking forward to gaining access to Iranian refugees located within Turkey in order to gather additional information about the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iranian Lawmaker Withdraws Complaint Against Cartoonist
An Iranian lawmaker who had sued a cartoonist resulting in a lashing sentence, has withdrawn his complaints.
Monitoring Iran: One Year into the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran
Download PDF of report (www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/monitoring-iran-march-2012-final.pdf) In March 2011, in response to escalating violations of international law and Iran’s ongoing non-cooperation with UN human rights mechanisms, the United Nations Human Rights Council mandated a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iranian regime sentences newspaper editor to prison for ‘propagating against government’
Ahmad Gholami, writer and editor in chief of Sharq Daily, was sentenced to one year of suspended prison by the 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Abolqasem Salvati.
U.N. urges Iran to reconsider death penalty
GENEVA The United Nations called on Iran to ban the death penalty in cases that do not meet standards of “serious crime” as defined by international law, according to a report to be published Monday.
Iran slams UN human rights report
Iranian authorities have denounced the recent report of the United Nation’s special human rights rapporteur for Iran.
Iranian MP denounces internet service disruptions
Iranian MP Ahmad Tavakoli says the recent blocking of internet and satellite services, causing sudden and unexplained disruptions, is creating widespread discontent that could be “very costly” for the regime.
Iran’s Mourning Mothers of Park Laleh, Return to the Park
We ask all International Human Rights NGO’s, where in Mr. Ahmed Shaheed’s report, is the story of all the martyrs of the last 33 years and the mistreatment and degradation their mothers and supporters were subjected to?