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USCIRF Condemns Crackdown on Religious Minorities in Iran
- Friday, August 5, 2022
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Aug 4, 2022 USCIRF Condemns Crackdown on Religious Minorities in Iran Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the Iranian government’s increased crackdown on religious minorities in the country. In recent weeks, Iran has arrested scores of Baha’is and raided their homes and destroyed Baha’i...
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Iran: Horrific wave of executions must be stopped
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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The Iranian authorities have embarked on an execution spree, killing at least 251 people between 1 January and 30 June 2022, according to research by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International. The organizations warned that if executions continue at this horrifying pace, they...
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Iran: Child Laborers Exposed to Irreparable Lifelong Injuries
- Monday, June 13, 2022
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Launched in 2002, June 12 marks the World Day Against Child Labour. Under Article 32 of the Universal Declaration of Child Rights, it states that children must be protected from any work that threatens their growth and health, and that governments must specify the minimum working age and working...
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Death Penalty 2021: State-sanctioned killings rise as executions spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia
- Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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• Iran records highest known execution figure since 2017 • Despite regression, 2021 global execution figure represents the second-lowest figure Amnesty International has recorded since at least 2010 • Easing of Covid-19 restrictions sees surge in number of recorded death sentences • Almost 90 known to have been sentenced to death under martial law in Myanmar 2021...
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