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In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison

In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison

June 22, 2022

Supreme Leader’s COVID Vaccine Ban Resulted in Thousands of Unnecessary Deaths June 22, 2022 – For trying to sue Iranian leaders for their grossly negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations

International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations

June 15, 2022

Eight Prisoners Could Soon See Their Fingers Cut Off June 15, 2022 – In violation of its international obligations against torture, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judicial system has ...

Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests

Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests

June 14, 2022

Repression of Civil Society Harms U.S. Security Interests June 14, 2022— President Biden’s silence so far on the killings and mass arrests of protesters in Iran by state security forces over ...

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram

June 9, 2022

June 9, 2022 — In a joint statement released today, human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Access Now, and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) called on Meta to urgently revise ...

Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization

Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization

June 3, 2022

Open Letter Condemns Iran’s “Brutal Repression” of Trade Unions and Labor Activists June 2, 2022—In an open letter to the delegates at the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 110th Session of the International Labour ...

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022 – While millions of Iranians are struggling to make ends meet, the Iranian government has shut down the country’s oldest and largest independent non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on poverty alleviation, the ...

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage

May 17, 2022

May 17, 2022 – At least five protesters are dead amid a violent state crackdown on street demonstrations in Iran, while the authorities have blocked internet access in protest hot zones, pressured domestic media ...

Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence

May 12, 2022

International Community Must Call on Iranian Officials to Refrain from Deadly Repression May 12, 2022 – Ongoing street protests in Iran could lead to more killings and arbitrary imprisonments by state security forces if the international ...

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran

May 12, 2022

Government’s Refusal to Allow UN Human Rights Experts into Country Condemned May 12, 2022 -- A group of prominent civil rights activists in Iran has called on UN representative Alena Douhan, who will be ...

Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown   

Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown  

May 9, 2022

Internet Shutdown, Heavy Security Presence Signal Lethal State Repression May 9, 2022 – Government-enforced internet outages and the increased presence of state security forces throughout the Iranian province of Khuzestan, where street protests erupted on May ...

Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial

Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial

May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022 – The Iranian government’s threat to execute Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali later this month is aimed at thwarting the trial in Sweden against Iranian official ...

Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities

Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities

April 7, 2022

The 15 undersigned organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), today issued a joint statement calling on the international community to urge the Iranian authorities to immediately cease their reprisals against the Iran Atrocities (Aban) Tribunal’s witnesses ...

A Nowruz Message from Shirin Neshat

A Nowruz Message from Shirin Neshat

March 18, 2022

As we approach Nowruz and all its promise of a new beginning, the renowned visual artist Shirin Neshat brings a message of hope ...

Plea to UN to Demand Freedom for Gravely Ill Sepideh Qoliyan

Plea to UN to Demand Freedom for Gravely Ill Sepideh Qoliyan

March 10, 2022

Fears Mount for Young Activist Who is Being Denied Crucial Medical Treatment March 10, 2022 – Two months after two political prisoners died in Iranian state custody, the Center for Human ...

International Women’s Day: Women in Iran are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights

International Women’s Day: Women in Iran are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights

March 7, 2022

Despite Abuses and Discrimination, Women Fight for Justice, Equality, and Rights for All March 7, 2022 – On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) ...

Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent

Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent

March 3, 2022

Continued Refusal to Provide Proper Medical Care Risks More Prisoner Deaths March 3, 2022 - The continued denial of proper medical treatment to ailing political and civil rights activists in Iran ...

Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

March 3, 2022

Lawyer Unlawfully Imprisoned for His Defense of Basic Civil and Political Liberties March 3, 2022 – The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on ...

Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran

Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran

February 24, 2022

Authorities’ Efforts to Crush Dissent Will Also Crush Livelihoods February 24, 2022 - A proposed bill that would drastically increase the Iranian authorities’ ability to censor and surveil activity on the ...

Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal

Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal

February 18, 2022

President Raisi Should Remain Sanctioned for His Crimes Against Humanity February 18, 2022 - In a joint statement released today, 10* human rights organizations, including the Center for Human Rights in Iran ...

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution

February 8, 2022

Political Dissident Jamshid Sharmahd Is Unable to Defend Himself in Iranian Judicial System World Must Speak Out against Iran’s Abductions and Attacks on Dissidents Abroad February 8, 2022 – An Iranian-born German citizen, ...

Hostage Benjamin Briere’s “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term

Hostage Benjamin Briere’s “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term

January 25, 2022

Iran “Toying” with Foreign and Dual Nationals Amid Nuclear Talks to Extract Concessions Lawyer: Briere's Arbitrarily Increased Sentence is “Unlawful” January 25, 2022 – The manner in which an Iranian judge sentenced French national ...

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison

Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison

January 24, 2022

Situation of Political Prisoners Worsens as Iranian Government’s Assault on Peaceful Dissent Intensifies Activists, Lawyers, Dissidents being Kept Behind Bars with Continuous New Convictions January 24, 2022 – In an ongoing campaign to ...

Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death

Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death

January 11, 2022

The life of veteran journalist and political activist Keyvan Samimi is in danger as he continues to be unlawfully kept behind bars in Tehran’s Evin Prison despite state officials’ recommendations that he be released to receive treatment for serious health ...

Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran

Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran

January 8, 2022

Abtin, Jailed for Dissent, is Second Political Prisoner to Die in Iran in First Week of 2022 January 8, 2022 – The death of Iranian poet Baktash Abtin today in ...

Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice

Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice

January 6, 2022

Families Call for Independent UN Investigation January 6, 2022 – While commemorating the second anniversary of the killing of 176 people aboard Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ...

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  • Press Releases

    • In Cahoots with the State, Iranian Court Sentences Lawyers, Activists Trying to Sue Officials to Prison
      June 22, 2022
    • International Community Should Call on Iran to End Punitive Amputations
      June 15, 2022
    • Policy Briefing: Human Rights in Iran and U.S. National Security Interests
      June 14, 2022
    • Rights Groups Call on Meta to Fix Persian Content Moderation for Instagram
      June 9, 2022
    • Iran Should Be Ejected from ILO’s Governing Board Says Iran’s National Teacher Organization
      June 3, 2022
    • As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor
      May 26, 2022
    • Protesters Killed While Iran’s Government Blocks Internet and Media Coverage
      May 17, 2022
    • Iran Protesters at Risk of Lethal State Violence
      May 12, 2022
    • Activists Urge UN Rep to Meet Them During Trip to Iran
      May 12, 2022
    • Khuzestan Protests: Fears of Another Bloody Crackdown  
      May 9, 2022
    • Iran’s Execution Threat Against Swedish Scientist Aimed at Thwarting War Crimes Trial
      May 4, 2022
    • Joint Statement: Iran Should Stop Persecuting Families Seeking Justice for State Atrocities
      April 7, 2022
    • A Nowruz Message from Shirin Neshat
      March 18, 2022
    • Plea to UN to Demand Freedom for Gravely Ill Sepideh Qoliyan
      March 10, 2022
    • International Women’s Day: Women in Iran are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights
      March 7, 2022
    • Denial of Medical Treatment for Ailing Political Prisoners in Iran Aimed at Crushing Dissent
      March 3, 2022
    • Joint Statement: Free Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran
      March 3, 2022
    • Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran
      February 24, 2022
    • Rights Groups: Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Must Not Be Lifted to Reach Nuclear Deal
      February 18, 2022
    • Another Foreign Citizen Nabbed by Iran Now Faces Possible Execution
      February 8, 2022
    • Hostage Benjamin Briere's “Price” Raised as Judge Imposes Eight-Year Prison Term
      January 25, 2022
    • Rights Activist Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Another Eight Years in Prison
      January 24, 2022
    • Imprisoned Journalist Keyvan Samimi is Being Led to His Death
      January 11, 2022
    • Iranian Poet Baktash Abtin Dies After Being Arbitrarily Detained in Iran
      January 8, 2022
    • Downed Passenger Plane: Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Freely Mourn, Pursue Justice
      January 6, 2022
    • Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran
      January 3, 2022
    • Support Human Rights in Iran and Your Donation Will be Matched
      December 21, 2021
    • Teachers Across Iran Protest for Fair Pay, Release of Jailed Colleagues
      December 13, 2021
    • Isfahan: Instead of Crushing Protests, the Iranian Government Should Solve Its Water Crisis
      November 29, 2021
    • Who Will Support the People of Iran?
      November 29, 2021
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