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USCIRF Condemns Crackdown on Religious Minorities in Iran
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
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Iran: Horrific wave of executions must be stopped
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 will
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Iran: Child Laborers Exposed to Irreparable Lifelong Injuries
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 conditions
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Death Penalty 2021: State-sanctioned killings rise as executions spike in Iran and Saudi Arabia
• 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
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Iran: Arrests Amid Economic Protests
(Beirut) – Iranian authorities have arrested several prominent activists on baseless accusations amid labor union strikes and ongoing protests against rising prices, since May 6, 2022, in dozens of small towns, Human Rights Watch said today. Those arrested include a prominent sociologist and four labor rights defenders. News outlets close
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Iran: Ailing prisoners left to die amid crisis of impunity for fatal denial of medical care
Iranian prison officials are committing shocking violations of the right to life by deliberately denying ailing prisoners lifesaving healthcare and refusing to investigate and ensure accountability for unlawful deaths in custody, Amnesty International said today. In a new briefing, In death’s waiting room: Deaths in custody following deliberate denial of
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Iranian Security Use Pepper Spray Against Female Soccer Fans
The Iranian regime’s brutality against women who wanted to attend the national soccer team’s match in Mashhad has become one of the main topics in Iran’s media and has once again revealed its misogynist nature. Shortly before the start of the match, the regime decided to prevent women from entering
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Annual report: Supreme Court ruling gave hope but Persian Christians still have no #place2worship
Article 18 – 25th January 2022 Two rulings at the end of 2021 offered hope that one day Iranian Christians may no longer be charged with “acting against national security” for simply meeting together to worship in their homes. First, on 3 November, the Supreme Court ruled that nine Christians
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Iran: People’s tribunal on deadly protest crackdowns must serve as wake-up call for all UN member states
An international “people’s tribunal” which began hearings in London yesterday on the Iranian authorities’ killing and wounding of thousands of protesters and bystanders during nationwide protests in November 2019 is a powerful initiative against impunity and must serve as a wake-up call for all UN member states, Amnesty International said
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ran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity
Amnesty International Responding to today’s announcement declaring Ebrahim Raisi as Iran’s next president, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “That Ebrahim Raisi has risen to the presidency instead of being investigated for the crimes against humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, is a grim reminder that impunity reigns
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