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  • Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release
  • Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
  • Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran
  • Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi
  • Peaceful Protesters' Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions

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    • Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release
      Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release
      December 8, 2023
    • Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
      Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
      December 6, 2023
    • Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran
      Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran
      December 1, 2023
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    Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release

    Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release

    December 8, 2023

    “I will make my voice louder for the world to hear,” says Mohammadi Suffering from Serious Health Issues, Authorities Ban Phone Calls, Visitations December 8, 2023 – Governments worldwide, UN leaders, and human rights organizations should demand the immediate release of Iranian human rights defender ...

    Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody

    Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody

    December 6, 2023

    Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, 2023 – The arbitrary re-arrest of Toomaj Salehi, a musician and dissident rapper in Iran, after he publicly announced ...

    Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran

    Urgent International Action Needed Against Escalating Political Executions in Iran

    December 1, 2023

    One Child, and at Least Six Political Prisoners Hanged This Week December 1, 2023 – The surging executions of political prisoners in Iran are part of a state campaign deployed to crush dissent, and should be met with strong ...

    Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

    Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

    November 30, 2023

    Nobel Laureate Should Be Allowed to Travel to Oslo to See Family and Receive Prize The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) strongly endorses an appeal initiated by Pen America and supported by ...

    Peaceful Protesters’ Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions

    Peaceful Protesters’ Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions

    November 17, 2023

    November 17, 2023 – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account of her violent abduction amid mass arrests of peaceful protesters who were beaten and coerced into signing forced confessions, as ...

    Jailed in Iran, Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Resists Summons to Face More Charges

    Jailed in Iran, Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Resists Summons to Face More Charges

    November 13, 2023

    Imprisoned for Peaceful Advocacy, Global Leaders Must Demand Her Immediate Release November 13, 2023 – Imprisoned Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new charges that underscore the draconian tactics employed by Islamic Republic of Iran officials to silence dissent and ...

    Prominent Lawyer and Activists Beaten, Detained at Funeral of Teenager Armita Geravand

    Prominent Lawyer and Activists Beaten, Detained at Funeral of Teenager Armita Geravand

    October 30, 2023

    Nasrin Sotoudeh Among Those Violently Arrested, Faces Grave Danger and Re-Imprisonment Manzar Zarabi, Who Lost Family Members on Downed Airplane, and Teacher’s Rights Advocate Masoud Zeinalzadeh Detained *Note from the editor: Please scroll to the bottom of this article for ...

    UN Expert: Iran is “Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards”

    UN Expert: Iran is “Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards”

    October 24, 2023

    A UN human rights expert has reported on the entrenched shortcomings within the Islamic Republic of Iran's legal and political framework, which severely curtail the ability of Iranian citizens to engage in democratic participation in political and public ...

    Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms

    Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms

    October 23, 2023

    Niloufar Hamedi Gets Seven Years Behind Bars and Elahe Mohammadi Six Years Iranian Government Moves to Crush “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement On All Fronts October 23, 2023 — The sentencing of two women journalists in Iran, Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe ...

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    • Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release
      Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release
      December 8, 2023
    • Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
      Urgent Call to Free Rapper Detained in Iran After Revealing Torture in State Custody
      December 6, 2023
    • Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms
      Journalists Who Reported on Mahsa Jina Amini’s Killing Sentenced to Long Prison Terms
      October 23, 2023
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    Freeing Hostages is Good, Preventing Further Abductions by Iran Would Be Better

    September 27, 2023 — The release of the five American hostages held in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a welcome development. The imprisonment of these individuals, long-held unlawfully in the country, was a complete travesty of every international legal and ethical norm. Yet there are a

    Webinar: Legal Challenges Facing Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” Movement

    Rights and Revolt: Three Lawyers Analyze the Legal Terrain of Iran's "Women Life Freedom" Movement In anticipation of the anniversary of Iran's transformative "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) hosted a webinar on September 12, 2023, featuring distinguished human rights

    Iran Protests: Voices from Iran (Updated)

    Our team at the Center for Human Rights in Iran is in daily contact with Iranians throughout the country. In this regularly updated post, we publish what we are hearing from Iranians from all walks of life.

    Women’s Uprising in Iran

    On November 17, 2022, Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), spoke at a panel discussion hosted by the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at Stonybrook University's School of Communication and Journalism on the people's uprising in Iran following the believed killing in state

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