Press Statements
Press Statements
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Joint CSO letter to HRC members calling for the renewal of the SR mandate and the continuation of independent investigations into serious violations of human rights
Tuesday 18 March 2025 To: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian…
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Joint statement: Systematic state persecution of lawyers in Iran continues with fresh round of interrogations and indictments
Joint statement, 18 March 2025 We, the undersigned organisations, are dismayed by the intensified state crackdown on lawyers in Iran…
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Joint Letter: Global Coalition Demands Immediate Release of Iranian Lawyer, End to Repression of Rights Defenders
H.E Dr Amin Hossein Rahimi Ministry of Justice Valiasr Ave, Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Email: info@justice.ir 21 August 2024…
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LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN ON IRAN: FULFILL YOUR PROMISE TO CONFRONT AUTHORITARIANISM
Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Cc: Antony Blinken,…
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The international community must take robust action as Iran represses women and protesters
Friday 23 September 2022 As more and more people in Iran are taking to the street – at the peril…
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IHRDC submits request for the International Criminal Court Prosecutor to examine Iran’s role in the Syrian conflict
(February 16, 2022) – Today, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) submitted a request to Office of the Prosecutor…
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IHRDC welcomes start of the Hamid Noury trial, will translate court monitoring for a Persian language audience
(August 10, 2021) – Today, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) welcomed the start of the trial against Hamid…
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Joint Communication to the UN Commission on the Status of Women
July 30, 2021 Communication Submission: Pattern of Persecution of Iranian Women Rights Defenders To the Esteemed Members of the Commission…
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Rights Groups: Iranian Dissidents Remain at Risk Worldwide Without International Action
We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, are deeply alarmed by the alleged attempt by Iranian state agents…
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Joint call for states to mandate a UN-led inquiry into the serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, torture and unlawful killings during and in the aftermath of the November 2019 protests in Iran, on the occasion of the 45th session of the HRC
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on your government to address the continuing crisis of impunity for serious human…
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