Freedom of Conscience
Freedom of Conscience
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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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Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(July 30, 2014) – IHRDC’s latest 50-page report, Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran, details the jurisprudential as well…
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Siamak Pourzand: A Case Study of Flagrant Human Rights Violations
Description of Pourzand's arrest and imprisonment
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Finally: Movement?/The Desperate Fear to not be Muslim
First article (on the left) is about Rushdie's visit to Bonn, Germany Second Article Rushdie talks about religions, minorities and…
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The IHRDC Is Concerned About Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is very disturbed…
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Witness Testimony: Morad Mohktari
What is My Crime? Morad Mokhtari, a convert from Islam to Christianity, testifies about the persecution he suffered in Iran…
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Witness Statement: Soraya
“Soraya” is a young mother of two who converted to Christianity more than a decade ago. In her witness statement,…
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Crimes Against Humanity: The Islamic Republic’s Attacks on the Bahá’ís
This report complements two earlier publications, A Faith Denied The Persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran (2006) and Community Under…
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Community Under Siege: The Ordeal of the Baha’is of Shiraz
The sentencing of twenty-two members of the Baha’i community of Shiraz to death for refusing to recant their faith in…
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A Faith Denied: The Persecution of the Baha’is of Iran
This report explores how Baha’i religious practice has effectively been criminalized inside Iran. Baha’is are subjected to a level of…
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