The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris. The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human […]
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Press Release of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran (IOPHRI)
The centre of sedition, intrigue and deception in Qom, known as “The Institute of Religions and Sects of Qom” has published a long list of the activities of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights in Iran.
UN Rights Experts Urge Immediate and Unconditional Release of Opposition Leaders
Today three United Nations experts spoke out against the continued detention of former Iranian presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and cultural leader Zahra Rahnavard, as well as the recent detention and interrogation of their children. This Friday, February 15, will mark two years of the opposition leaders’ […]
Rights Group: Release 14 Iran Reporters
Human Rights group Amnesty International has called on Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 14 journalists who were detained as part of raids on Iranian newspapers.
A Brief Report on Human Rights Situation in Iran in “Dey 1391” (December 31, 2012 to January 20, 2013)
Requirement to Comprehensive Observance of Ethnic Minorities’ Rights by Iranian Officials Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defender and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in continuation of her monthly reports, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Dey 1391 [December 31, 2012- January 20, 2013].
Lawyer and Women’s Rights Activist Hopes Discriminatory Passport Law Does Not Pass
Lawyer and women’s rights activist Farideh Gheirat told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the new Passport and Exit Law bill, which will make it mandatory for girls and women to have the approval of their “guardian” (father, husband, or paternal grandfather) to exit the country, is […]
Human Rights: Brief News
Opposition continues against removal of prisoners to hospital in prison uniforms
Three Iranians receive human rights grant
Three Iranians are among those awarded Hellman/Hammett grants by Human Rights Watch for 2012.
Incarcerated Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Attends Private Funeral Services for Her Late Mother
Despite efforts by Nasrin Sotoudeh’s family members to hold a public funeral service for Nasrin’s late mother at one of the mosques in Tehran, judicial and security authorities prevented such public services from taking place and Sotoudeh was instead allowed to attend a private funeral ceremony alongside her family […]
A Brief Report on Human Rights Situation in Iran in Azar 1391 [November- December 2012]
Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defender and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in continuation of her monthly reports, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Azar 1391 [November- December 2012].