Tag: Rights

Karim Lahidji: The International Community Must Pay More Attention To Rights of Religious & Ethnic Minorities In Iran

    Messers Ahmed Shaheed, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and Heiner Bielefeldt, special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, issued a joint statement today expressing concern over the situation of religious minorities in Iran.

OMCT: Repression of human rights defenders goes on uninterrupted in Iran

    Paris-Geneva, September 11, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), was informed of four new cases of arbitrary detention against human rights defenders in Iran. Several rights activists and journalists have been […]

Ban Ki-moon Mentions Human Rights in Tehran; Details Unclear

    Speaking at the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s School of International Relations on August 30, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, “I have urged the authorities during my visit this time to release opposition leaders, human rights defenders, journalists and social activists to create the conditions for free expression and open debate.

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