Iran: Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments
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Iran’s persistent use of cruel and inhuman punishments, including floggings, amputations and forced blinding over the past year, exposes…
Iran: Halt imminent executions of 12 alleged drug offenders
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Iran should immediately halt the execution of 12 men convicted of drug offences, scheduled for 14 January in Karaj…
Iran’s authorities endangering life of critically ill imprisoned activist by refusing hospital transfer
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The Iranian authorities must immediately transfer Arash Sadeghi, an imprisoned human rights defender who ended his 71-day hunger strike…
Good news update: Iran Arash Sadeghi & Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee
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“The release of Golrokh Ebrhaimi Iraee today comes as a welcome relief but is long overdue. Neither she nor…
Iran’s authorities must stop toying with life of activist on hunger strike
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Pers
The Iranian authorities are putting the life of imprisoned human rights defender Arash Sadeghi at grave risk and should…
Iran: Detainees arrested at commemoration for murdered writers must be released
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Pers
The Iranian authorities should release immediately and unconditionally four individuals arrested yesterday as security forces quashed heavy-handedly a peaceful…
Iran: Activist arrested and at risk of torture
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In response to the news of the violent arrest of women’s rights activist and anti-death penalty campaigner Atena Daemi today…
Iran: Suicide fears for ailing British-Iranian prisoner of conscience
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Fears are growing for the physical and mental health of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker who is…
Broadcasting injustice, boasting of mass killing – A case study of the August 2016 execution of 25 Sunni men in Iran
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Report
On 2 August 2016, 25 Sunni Muslim men – 22 of them from Iran’s Kurdish minority and the other…
Iran: Writer arrested in violent raid on her house following prison sentence for story about stoning
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The Iranian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release writer and human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, following her arrest today,…