Torture
Torture
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Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran – 3-20-2012
A/HRC/19/82 Distr.: General 20 March 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Nineteenth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of…
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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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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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Witness Testimony: Arash Sigarchi
A Journalist’s challenges In this video, Arash Sigarchi, a journalist, blogger and former editor of “Gilan-e Emrouz” newspaper in Rasht,…
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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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Witness Testimony: Ali Afshari
Forced Confession: Ali Afshari, a political analyst, human rights advocate and former leader of the student movement in Iran, describes…
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Witness Statement: Sabah Nasri
In honor of the memory of Farzad Kamangar, Shirin Alamhooee, Ali Haidarian, and Farhad Vakili—four ethnic Kurdish activists who were…
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Witness Testimony: Kourosh Sehati
If Not You, Then Your Brother: Kourosh Sehati, a journalist and human rights activist, describes his multiple arrests between 2000…
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Witness Statement: Mitra Lager
Mitra Lager, a former supporter of the Mojahdedin-e Khalq (MEK), describes her arrests and torture in the early and mid-1980s…
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Witness Statement: Reza Azad
Reza Azad describes the brutal mistreatment and torture he suffered as a political prisoner in Iran from 1982 to 1987.…
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