Human Rights Watch wants the Afghani government to release 400 women who have been jailed for “moral crimes.”
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Rights group accuses IRGC office
Justice for Iran says the IRGC’s Center to Investigate Organized Crime should be put on the international list of human rights violators.
Rights group slams campaign against defenders
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has condemned the recent sentences handed to Nargess Mohammadi and Abdolafattah Soltani and denounced the Islamic Republic’s “relentless harassment of members of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC).”
Iran nuclear talks with six-nation group of powers set to be agreed
Iran’s chief negotiator Saeed Jalili made the offer to resume talks in a letter sent on 14 February. Photograph: Raheb Homavandi/Reuters
Opposition group calls for boycott of elections
Members and supporters of the dissident political group Freedom Movement of Iran have called for an “active boycott” of the March 2 parliamentary elections.
Rights group calls for accountability in Khuzestan deaths
The group Justice for Iran has issued a statement denouncing the crackdown on protesters in Khuzestan that saw two detainees killed while in custody.
Another reformist group calls for election boycott
The Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution, a prominent reformist organization, has joined the line-up of such groups boycotting the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Reformist group to sit out elections
A major reformist organization has announced that it will not participate in the coming parliamentary elections.
International rights group condemns harassment of Iranian union activists
The ongoing arbitrary detention of trade unionists and human rights defenders in Iran is cause for grave concern, says the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Invitation by the 25 Bahman Group to Participate in Peaceful, Civil Protests on Sept 3rd, 2011 to Save Lake Orumiyeh
August 30th 2011 – The peaceful, civil protests to save lake Orumiyeh from an environmental disaster were violently suppressed by security forces on Saturday August 27th, 2011.