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Ahead of Iranian presidential election, arrests and restrictions on Internet access

In Iran, tensions have risen ahead of next week’s presidential election. A human rights group says several campaign staffers and…

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Civil Society Activists and Campaign Staffers Arrested As Iran’s Presidential Election Approaches

(June 5, 2013) —  The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned that several campaign staffers and members of…

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IHRDC Commends Canada’s Parliament for Adoption of Motion on 1988 Massacre

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Commends Canada’s Parliament for Recognizing the 1988 Prison Massacre in the…

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IHRDC Urges Canada's Parliament to Recognize the 1988 Prison Massacre as Constituting Crimes against Humanity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Urges Canada’s Parliament to Recognize the 1988 Prison Massacre in the…

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Why Iranian Women Can’t Have Any of It

Originally published at http://opencanada.org/features/the-think-tank/comments/why-iranian-women-cant-have-any-of-it/ In recent weeks, the political theater of women registering as presidential candidates in the Islamic Republic of Iran, followed…

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IHRDC on Al Jazeera Stream

Iranian web users are reporting slow internet speeds, difficulties accessing emails and faulty proxy servers in the lead up to…

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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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