Right to Protest

Rampage Against Women: Prisoners of Conscience in Iran Face More Jail Time

Relentless Campaign of Repression Seeks to Quash “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement Jan 16, 2024 – Three women prisoners ...

Imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi Needs Global Demands for Release

“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, ...

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

Toomaj Salehi Re-Arrested After Publicly Disclosing Plans to Sue State Requires Medical Treatment for Injuries Sustained in Prison December 5, ...

Joint Letter: Free Unjustly Imprisoned Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Nobel Laureate Should Be Allowed to Travel to Oslo to See Family and Receive ...

Peaceful Protesters’ Plight in Iran: Abductions and Forced Confessions

November 17, 2023 – An arbitrarily detained woman, facing unjust imprisonment in Iran, has provided a detailed account ...

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

Nasrin Sotoudeh Among Those Violently Arrested, Faces Grave Danger and Re-Imprisonment Manzar Zarabi, Who Lost Family Members on Downed ...

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

A UN human rights expert has reported on the entrenched shortcomings within the Islamic Republic of Iran's legal ...

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

Niloufar Hamedi Gets 13 Years Behind Bars and Elahe Mohammadi 12 Years Iranian Government Moves to Crush “Woman, Life, ...

Business Owners in Iran Face Economic Reprisals for Supporting Protests

October 11, 2023 – Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted ...

Joint Letter: 120 Iranian Doctors, Lawyers, and Activists Call for Release of Doctor Jailed for Treating Protesters

Signatories, Including Wounded Protesters, Urge Investigation by UN’s Fact-Finding Mission and Support by International Medical Organizations October 9, 2023 ...

Children Among Injured as Iranian Authorities Open Fire on Protests in Zahedan

Grave Concerns Over Further State Violence Ahead of “Blood Friday” Anniversary, When 100+ Protesters Were Killed *Update on September ...

Academic Year in Iran Begins with Imprisonment of Teachers, Arbitrary Arrests

New Law Requires Teachers To Be “Evaluated” with Ideological Questions Every Year September 28, 2023 – A year-long state ...

Iran’s Parliament Approves Harsh New Hijab Law, Escalating Repression of Women

International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the anniversary ...

At Least One Shot as Iran Deploys Armed Forces to Suppress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests

Child Soldiers Used to Assist State Security Forces Relatives of Victims of State Violence, Activists Threatened to ...

Massacre in Kurdish City by Islamic Republic Forces Exposed in New Report

More State Violence Feared as Anniversary of “Woman Life Freedom” Uprising Nears Intentional Killing of Unarmed Civilians Amounts to Crimes Against Humanity September 5, 2023 – A new report just released by the Center ...

Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out

Another Political Prisoner’s Death Sparks Outrage Weeks Before Anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising Citing Relative, Activist Says ...

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 ...

Arrests of Slain Protesters’ Families Signals Looming State Violence as “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary Nears

Authorities Seek to Quash Protest and Silence Justice-Seekers with Over 20 Arrests August 29, 2023 – The arrests of ...

Arrests of Women Activists Escalate Across Iran Ahead of “Woman Life Freedom” Anniversary

At Least 22 Activists Arrested in Last Three Weeks as State’s Repressive Capacity Gears Up International Community “Must Take ...

Special Report: Sunni Clerics in the Crosshairs of Islamic Republic Repression

Religious Leaders of Minority Communities Are Arrested, Imprisoned, Defrocked for Supporting Protesters August 15, 2023 – Religious leaders of ...

Political Executions Surge in Iran as Government Seeks to Silence All Dissent

Young Men Are Hanged without Due Process or Fair Trials August 2, 2023 – Politically motivated executions are increasing dramatically in Iran, with at least 17 mostly young men hung in blatantly unlawful prosecutions ...