IHRDC
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Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran
This preliminary report documents and analyzes the regime’s brutal suppression of dissent after the June 12, 2009 presidential elections. Hours…
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Memorandum on Election Law
This is a memorandum on “free and fair” election standards to determine whether the events surrounding the election in Iran…
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How European taxpayers are fueling executions in Iran
This is a guest post by Gissou Nia, executive director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, in response to our May…
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Analysis: al-Qaeda inside Iran
Originally published at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gissou-nia/alqaedain-iran-a-fivepoin_b_3143058.html As Canadian authorities announced on Monday that they had thwarted a terrorist attack by two foreign nationals with…
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Letter from the Paris Bar association in support of Iranian lawyers
(May 8, 2013) – As part of a campaign to support Iran’s independent legal profession in calling for the cancellation…
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SIGN PETITION TO HALT EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
European citizens: finance a fair criminal justice system in Iran, not executions! #JusticeIran In 2012, between 541 and 580 people…
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The Fifth Anniversary of the Incarceration of Seven Baha’i Leaders in Iran
Originally published at: http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2013/05/06/the-fifth-anniversary-of-the-incarceration-of-seven-bahai-leaders-in-iran/ To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Baha’i Leaders in Iran, on Monday, May…
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A plea for Kaveh Taheri, an imprisoned blogger in Iran
(May 2, 2013) – According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) ranks second…
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IHRDC: Ahwazi Arabs Subjected to Discrimination in Iran
Originally published at: http://www.shahrvand.com/archives/38128 Iran is home to many different ethnic minorities, including Azeris, Kurds, Baluch and others. One minority that…
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Witness Statement of Jalel Sherhani
In this witness statement, Jalel Sherhani—a 44 year old Ahwazi Arab now residing outside of Iran—describes the plight of the…
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