Sexual Violence
Sexual Violence
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Access to Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Iran
Executive Summary This report examines how Iranian authorities handled four cases of sexual assault or rape. The details…
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Witness Statement of Bita
Name: Bita* Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran Date of Birth: 1988 Occupation: University Student Interviewing Organization: …
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Witness Statement of Atusa
Name : Atusa* Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran Date of Birth: 1988 Occupation: University Student…
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Witness Statement of Farhad Sarhangi
In this witness statement, Farhad Sarhangi—a former Kurdish peshmerga—recalls his numerous arrests and imprisonments in Iran in the early 1980s.…
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Witness Statement of Farshid
In this witness statement, Farshid—a gay Iranian man—discusses his arrest and subsequent rape by the Iranian authorities, and his expulsion…
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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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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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Surviving Rape in Iran’s Prisons
This report documents the ordeals of five former prisoners – two women and three men – who provide their first-hand…
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Press Release: IHRDC Publishes Report On Rape In Iranian Prisons
June 10, 2011 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – In commemoration of the second anniversary of the post-election violence and crack-down on…
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Silencing the Women’s Rights Movement in Iran
This report examines the Islamic Republic’s attempt to dismantle the women’s rights movement leading up to and following the June…
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