Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defenders and Nobel Laureate, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Shahrivar 1391 [August-September 2012], in continuation of her monthly reports.
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.
UN General Secretary Alarmed by Vast Human Rights Violations in Iran
Posted by IHRV On September – 11 – 2012 A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from August 25 to September 2, 2012.
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 […]
Human Rights: Brief News
Wife of political activist beaten by security forces commander A commander in the Internal Security Forces harshly beat the wife of a political activist who complained of harassment by the security forces.
Rights group slams imprisonment of journalists in Iran
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the incarceration of Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist Jila Bani-Yaghoub, who began a one-year sentence at Evin Prison on September 2.
Help to Repeal The Unjust Sentence for a Human Rights Activist
Shiva Nazar Ahari, A political Iranian Human Right activist, will be present in Evin Prison on the coming Saturday, September 8th, 2012, to serve her four-year imprisonment as well as 74-lash flogging sentence.
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.
UN Chief Slams Iran On Rights
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Tehran on August 29 to attend the summit of nations from the Nonaligned Movement (NAM) and wasted no time making good on pledges to press Iran on key issues causing regional and world tensions.
UN’s Ban To Press Tehran On Nuclear Drive, Rights
A spokesman for Ban Ki-moon has that the UN chief will stress to Iranian leaders this week that they must take “urgent” action on the country’s nuclear program and human rights.