Iran on Monday summoned Germany’s ambassador following his embassy’s criticism of the execution last weekend of a wrestler after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old man’s life to ...
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Why Nasrin Sotoudeh is on hunger strike to protest dire prison conditions in Iran
The prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on a hunger strike in Evin prison for almost a month in order to demand the release of the ...
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22 Rights Organizations call for UN-Led inquiry into torture and killings during 2019 Protests
A coalition of international rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), has called on all UN Member States to call for a UN-led inquiry into ...
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Canadian lawyers demand freedom for ailing hunger-striking Nasrin Sotoudeh
The Canadian legal team for an imprisoned Iranian human-rights lawyer is calling for federal sanctions and United Nations intervention as she wages a life-threatening hunger strike entering its 29th ...
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Iran Human Rights Monitor – Monthly Report – August 2020
August was marked by increased pressure on political prisoners and the imposition of harsh sentences such as executions, floggings, and long prison terms for protesters.
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Iran erasing info on political prisoner
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is trying to erase every trace of long-time political prisoner Arzhang Davoudi, years after sending him into exile in Zabol and Zahedan prisons, to prevent ...
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