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Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and to UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif
Monday 29 January 2024 Mister High Commissioner, Madame Deputy High Commissioner, We, civil society organizations working to promote…
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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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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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Iran's death penalty stays off global agenda
Originally posted at: http://www.dw.de/irans-death-penalty-stays-off-global-agenda/a-17705731 At least 320 people are said to have been executed in Iran this year. Drawn from…
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English Translation of Books I & II of the New Islamic Penal Code
(April 8, 2014) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is pleased to release the first-ever comprehensive English translation…
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IHRDC’s Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review
On March 15, 2014, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) submitted an analysis of the new Islamic Penal Code…
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Joint Letter from 27 NGOs to UN Human Rights Council
(March 12, 2014) - NGOs call on UN member states to support resolution to renew the mandate of the Special…
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Infographic of the number of executions in Iran in 2013
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to execute people at an alarmingly high rate including those convicted for drug trafficking,…
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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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