URGENT ACTION EVIN PRISONERS AT RISK AFTER REPORT OF RIOTReports of prison guards raiding Section 350 of Tehran’s Evin Prison, where many political prisoners are held, have emerged raising fears about the safety of prisoners. The unrest appears to have resulted in prisoners sustaining injuries, including broken ribs. It has been reported that […]
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Amnesty International: Iranian woman at risk of execution, Reyhaneh Jabbari
The death sentence of Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari has been sent to the Office of Implementation of Sentences in Tehran, Iran. Once death sentences have gone to this body, they may be carried out at any time.Reyhaneh Jabbari, aged 26, was arrested in 2007 for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran’s Ministry […]
Amnesty International: Small number of countries trigger global spike in executions
Iran and Iraq caused a sharp global spike in the number of executions carried out in 2013, bucking the global trend towards abolition of the death penalty, Amnesty International found in its annual review of the death penalty worldwide. Alarming levels of executions in an isolated group of countries in 2013 – mainly the […]
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 […]
Rights group calls on Iran to spare condemned Arab activists
Amnesty International is urging Iran to end human rights violations against Arab minorities in Iran. In a statement issued on Thursday January 16, Amnesty International welcomed the Iranian president’s latest statement that “The government will not tolerate any form of discrimination against ethnic minorities.” Amnesty International is calling for a number of condemned Arab […]
Amnesty International: Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions
Iran has carried out a total of 40 executions since the beginning of 2014, with at least 33 carried out in the past week alone, said Amnesty International today. “The spike in the number of executions carried out so far this month in Iran is alarming. The Iranian authorities’ attempts to change their international […]
Amnesty International : Iranian student held for peaceful activism, Maryam Shafi’ Pour
Banned student activist Maryam Shafi’ Pour has been detained for over five months on charges apparently related to her peaceful political activism. Student activist Maryam Shafi’ Pour, who has been banned from pursuing higher education, has been detained since 27 July 2013. She spent over two months in solitary confinement in Section 209 of […]
Amnesty International: jailed blogger’s health worsening
The health of jailed Iranian blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, a prisoner of conscience, is worsening. He is in urgent need of specialized medical treatment. Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, aged 53, was taken to the medical facility of Ghezal Hesar Prison on 4 January when he was suddenly unable to breathe. He was given an injection, […]
Amnesty International : Iranian hunger strikers’ health failing
Hunger striking Sunni men from Iran’s Kurdish minority are in grave danger as their health deteriorates after 64 days on hunger strike. They have been on hunger strike in protest at their death sentences and the conditions in which they are held. Jamshid Dehghani, his younger brother Jahangir Dehghani, Hamed Ahmadi and Kamal Molayee, […]
Amnesty International: Charter of Citizens’ Rights must enshrine human rights for all
A draft Iranian human rights charter being consulted on this month by the Office of the President should be amended to address major gaps in the protection of human rights, Amnesty International urged today. The organization has written to the President’s Deputy on Legal Affairs to welcome the initiative, but called on the authorities […]