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Witness Statement of Siamak Ghaderi: Accounts from a Journalist in Evin Prison
Siamak Ghaderi, a journalist and blogger, was arrested in 2010 on charges of participating in post-election protests. In addition to…
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UN Secretary General’s February 2015 Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
A/HRC/28/26 Distr.: General 20 February 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the…
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Iran Should Heed the UN and End Illegal House Arrest of Opposition Leaders
On four-year anniversary of house arrest, human rights groups call on international community to speak out The Iranian government should…
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Letter from Political Prisoners Held in Gohardasht, Evin and Orumiyeh Prisons to the UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed Regarding the Death Sentence of Saman Nasim
Saman Nasim during his televised confession in 2011 (Photo credit: HRANA) (February 17, 2015) – Last Friday, twenty Iranian political…
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Chronicle of an Execution: The Case of Mohsen Amir Aslani
In September of 2014, Iran carried out the death sentence of a man who had allegedly attracted a small following…
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IHRDC Chart of Executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran – 2015
This chart documents executions of people by the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning in January 2015. The official announcements are…
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Video Witness Statement of Babak Khorram Khorshid
In this video witness statement, Babak Khorram Khorshid, an actor and writer, reflects on changes in social life in Iran…
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Capital Punishment in Iran: 2014
IHRDC’s final update of its chart of executions carried out by the Iranian government last year counts 721 executions in…
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Les organisations de défense des Droits de l’Homme somment les autorités iraniennes d’entendre les prisonniers politiques kurdes en grève de la faim depuis un mois.
Ce jour, vingt-deux organisations de défense des Droits de l’Homme enjoignent très fermement les autorités iraniennes de répondre immédiatement aux…
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Rights Groups Urge Iranian Authorities to Address Month-Long Hunger Strike of Kurdish Political Prisoners
Iranian authorities must immediately respond to the health and security concerns of 27 Kurdish political prisoners on a month-long hunger…
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