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Workers Flogged for Celebrating May Day

February 26, 2008

(26 February 2008) An appeals court in city of Sanandaj has sentenced 11 workers to flogging and financial fines for participating in an event celebrating May Day 2007. ...

Novelist Sentenced to One Year Imprisonment for His Fictional Writings

February 24, 2008

(24 February 2008) In an unprecedented ruling, an Iranian appeals court revised a suspended sentence against Yaghoob Yadali, a novelist, to actual imprisonment. His lawyer said the court is not legally empowered to issue such a ruling. ...

Appeal to End Juvenile Executions in Iran

February 5, 2008

Send an appeal to Iranian leaders to end the repugnant practice of executing juvenile offenders. ...

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  • Press Releases

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    • The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran
      August 25, 2026
    • Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
      August 12, 2026
    • UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
      August 10, 2026
    • Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
      July 28, 2026
    • UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
      July 27, 2026
    • Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression
      July 16, 2026
    • Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War
      July 15, 2026
    • Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown
      June 18, 2026
    • As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State's Killings
      June 8, 2026
    • A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access
      May 28, 2026
    • Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression
      May 19, 2026
    • Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death
      April 30, 2026
    • UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran
      April 29, 2026
    • 30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
      April 14, 2026
    • Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
      April 6, 2026
    • At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
      March 31, 2026
    • Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
      March 25, 2026
    • Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
      March 19, 2026
    • Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
      March 5, 2026
    • Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
      March 2, 2026
    • Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
      February 25, 2026
    • UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
      February 20, 2026
    • Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
      February 16, 2026
    • Over 200 Schoolchildren Killed by Security Forces in Iran: ‘They’ve Effectively Massacred an Entire School’
      February 12, 2026
    • Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
      January 30, 2026
    • Statement From Physicians in Iran: ‘Being a Doctor Is Not a Crime’
      January 29, 2026
    • UN Human Rights Council Extends Iran Fact-Finding Mission, Condemns 'Deadliest Crackdown against Iranian People Since 1979 Revolution'
      January 26, 2026
    • Iran: Mass Violent Arrests, Forced Confessions, Lawyers Blocked, Escalating Risk of Executions of Protesters 
      January 23, 2026
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