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UN Experts Urge Iran to Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters to Death

UN Experts Urge Iran to Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters to Death

November 14, 2022

Heeding calls by human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), 16 UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called on Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participating in peaceful demonstrations ...

State Massacres Fail to Crush Protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

State Massacres Fail to Crush Protests in Sistan and Baluchestan Province

November 8, 2022

Government Ignores Top Sunni Cleric’s Calls for Accountability Massacres of protesters by state security forces in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have not stemmed protests that began there in late September over ...

Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyers’ Criticize Islamic Republic in Joint Statement

Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyers’ Criticize Islamic Republic in Joint Statement

November 2, 2022

In a joint statement obtained by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) and translated into English ...

World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials

World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials

November 2, 2022

Charges Carrying Possible Death Sentence Already Being Issued November 2, 2022 – With mass public trials for protesters ...

Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi

Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi

November 1, 2022

Unable to Crush Protests, State Resorts to Smearing Female Reporters with Sham Accusations November 1, 2022 ...

Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence

Iran Protests: Doctors Treating Wounded Protesters Face Deadly State Violence

October 31, 2022

One Female Doctor Reportedly Killed, At Least Six Arrested October 31, 2022 – Reports of at least one doctor being killed by state security forces and at least six others being arbitrarily arrested at ...

Face-Off in Iran: State Security Forces Attack Protesters on Day of Mourning for Mahsa Amini

Face-Off in Iran: State Security Forces Attack Protesters on Day of Mourning for Mahsa Amini

October 26, 2022

UN Special Rapporteurs Echo Calls by Rights Groups for Action by Human Rights Council  ...

Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment

Iran Protests: State Trying to Crush Dissent Through More Killings, Imprisonment

October 24, 2022

Prominent Teachers, Labor Leaders Slapped with Jail Time as 500+ Face Sham Charges October 24, 2022 – The ...

Briefing: Addressing State Atrocities Against Protesters in Iran

Briefing: Addressing State Atrocities Against Protesters in Iran

October 21, 2022

Recommendations for the U.S. Government and the International Community View a PDF version of ...

Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community

Hero Climber Elnaz Rekabi Deserves Support of Climbing Organizations, International Community

October 19, 2022

International Federation of Sport Climbing Should Suspend Islamic Republic’s Membership Serious Concerns ...

New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran

New Briefing: International Action Urgently Needed to Stop Carnage in Iran

October 18, 2022

U.S., World Must Collectively Address State Atrocities Against Peaceful Protesters in Iran Policy Paper Lays out Specific Actions ...

Joint Statement: 43 Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on Iran at UN Human Rights Council

Joint Statement: 43 Rights Groups Call for Urgent Action on Iran at UN Human Rights Council

October 17, 2022

Forty-three human rights groups, including the Center ...

Breaking: Iran’s Enflamed Evin Prison Provokes Extreme Concerns

Breaking: Iran’s Enflamed Evin Prison Provokes Extreme Concerns

October 15, 2022

Defenseless Prisoners Barricaded Inside Embattled Prison Editor's update on Oct. 15, 7:01pm EST: A source in Tehran told CHRI that people were protesting near Evin ...

Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings

Iran Protests: Arrests of School Children Prompt Grave Fears of More Child Killings

October 13, 2022

Officials Paint Children as Enemies of the State, Claim They’re “Reforming” Kids At Least 28 Children ...

Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed

Iran Protests: Human Rights Lawyers Arrested, Teargassed

October 12, 2022

Unmarked Vans Rounded Up Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Outside Iranian Bar Association October 12, 2022 – ...

Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests

Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests

October 12, 2022

“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ...

Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence

Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence

October 10, 2022

Oil Workers Wage Strikes in Solidarity with Nationwide Anti-State Demonstrations October 10, 2022 – The government ...

Joint Letter: Human Rights Groups Urge Biden to Help Protect Iran’s Protesters

Joint Letter: Human Rights Groups Urge Biden to Help Protect Iran’s Protesters

October 6, 2022

The following letter, signed by 21 human rights groups including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was sent on October 6, 2022, to the offices of U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of ...

Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”

Iran Protests: Scores of Civil Society Members Detained “Preventatively”

October 6, 2022

 Grave Concerns for Torture, Killings of Political Prisoners Amid Mass Arrests  October 6, 2022 – Less than three ...

Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread

Students Violently Attacked, Arrested by Security Forces as Protests in Iran Spread

October 3, 2022

Students Trapped, Beaten, Tear Gassed, Taken to Unknown Locations  Fears of Worsening Violence as ...

At least 25 Reporters and Journalists Among Hundreds Detained Amid Iran Protests

At least 25 Reporters and Journalists Among Hundreds Detained Amid Iran Protests

September 30, 2022

Minimum Total of At Least 37 Members of the Press Currently Detained Nationwide September 30, 2022 – At ...

World Leaders Must Act Now to Avoid Bloodbath in Iran

World Leaders Must Act Now to Avoid Bloodbath in Iran

September 26, 2022

Threat of Mass Deaths Grows as Government Seeks to Squash Protests September 26, 2022—With the government of Iran signaling it intends to silence the protests across Iran that are now well into their second ...

Iran Protests: Lawyers Call for Fact-Finding Commission, Referendum

Iran Protests: Lawyers Call for Fact-Finding Commission, Referendum

September 26, 2022

A group of prominent Iranian lawyers has called for international action amid nationwide protests that erupted in ...

Joint Statement: U.S. Treasury’s New General License D2 Advances Internet Freedom in Iran

Joint Statement: U.S. Treasury’s New General License D2 Advances Internet Freedom in Iran

September 26, 2022

Now Companies Must Make Tech Products Available and U.S. Government Must Encourage Them September 26, 2022—Today, ...

Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll

Iran Protests: Grave Concerns for Extreme State Violence Amid Rising Death Toll

September 21, 2022

World Leaders Must Call on Iranian Officials to Immediately Cease Use of Lethal Force, Allow Peaceful Protest September ...

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