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Christians in Isfahan face increasing pressure and arrests
(16 March 2012) — According to reports received in recent weeks by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), security…
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Member states at 19th Session of UN Human Rights Council support work of UN Special Rapporteur on Iran; others claim process is “politicized”
GENEVA – On Monday, March 12, 2012, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed—the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the…
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Severe Beating and Transfer of Kurdish Prisoner Mostafa Salimi to Solitary Cell
(8 March 2012) — The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has received reports that on Monday, March 5, Mostafa…
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2012 International Women's Day Message from Fatemeh Goftari
(8 March 2012) Fatemeh Goftari - a Kurdish mother and activist -- is a former political prisoner who was jailed…
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All you need to know: a quick breakdown of findings from Dr. Ahmed Shaheed’s UN report
(7 March 2012) -- Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of…
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NGO Bill Translation
No.: 66 Date: December 13, 2010 Report from the Social Affairs Committee to the Islamic Consultative Assembly This Committee has…
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 3/6/2012
A/HRC/19/66 Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary The present…
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What follows campaigning? Moving from awareness to reform.
In this installment of the Laurier Institution Community Dialogue Series on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Gissou Nia -- the Executive…
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IRAN: ‘WE ARE ORDERED TO CRUSH YOU’: EXPANDING REPRESSION OF DISSENT IN IRAN
The net of repression is widening in Iran. The authorities are arresting filmmakers, bloggers, human rights defenders, women’s rights activists,…
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The Question of "Stoning to Death" in the New Penal Code of the IRI
In this legal essay, Iranian lawyer Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri explains why, contrary to popular reports, the silence of Iran's new…
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