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Torture

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison   

Target on Her Back: Tortured Woman Cartoonist in Iran Must Be Released from Prison  

April 30, 2024

Atena Farghadani Beaten to the Point of Losing Consciousness International Community Must Demand Her Freedom April 30, 2024 – Atena Farghadani, a 37-year-old cartoonist and civil rights activist, should be immediately released from Tehran’s ...

Tortured and in Deteriorating Health, Woman Activist in Iran Should be Immediately Released

Tortured and in Deteriorating Health, Woman Activist in Iran Should be Immediately Released

April 16, 2024

Sakineh Parvaneh Denied Access to Counsel, Imprisoned after Sham Trial Lawyer Who Tried to Defend Her Arrested and Also Tortured April 16, 2024 – Grave concerns are mounting for a young woman imprisoned in Iran, who has been denied counsel since the onset of her initial imprisonment, repeatedly subjected to torture, ...

Executions, Murder, Rape, Torture Used to Repress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests Detailed in 500+ Page UN Report

Executions, Murder, Rape, Torture Used to Repress “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests Detailed in 500+ Page UN Report

March 19, 2024

Mission Calls on States to Prosecute Responsible Officials Under Universal Jurisdiction Crimes Against Humanity: State Atrocities in Iran Revealed in First Report of UN Fact-Finding Mission March 19, 2024 – Unlawful deaths, extra-judicial executions, disproportionate lethal ...

Crimes Against Humanity Unveiled: UN Fact-Finding Mission Exposes Iran’s State Atrocities

Crimes Against Humanity Unveiled: UN Fact-Finding Mission Exposes Iran’s State Atrocities

March 8, 2024

Peaceful Protesters Subjected to Excessive Force, Torture, Rape, and Arbitrary Executions  Call to Action: UN Human Rights Council Members Urged to Extend Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur Mandates March 8, 2024 – Grave human rights violations perpetrated by the government of Iran since the outbreak of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” ...

Street Protester Facing Imminent Execution in Iran Should be Released

Street Protester Facing Imminent Execution in Iran Should be Released

February 22, 2024

Abbas Deris Sentenced to Death after Torture, Lack of Evidence, and Gross Due Process Violations Lawyer Being Prosecuted for Defending Him February 22, 2024 – The Center for Human Rights ...

Tortured Street Protester in Iran Faces Years of Imprisonment Without Due Process

Tortured Street Protester in Iran Faces Years of Imprisonment Without Due Process

February 19, 2024

Case Reflects Severe Rights Violations Faced by Ethnic Minorities in Iran  “For a long time after his release, [due to the torture] he forgot his own name” February 19, 2023 – There are grave ...

Street Protester Mohammad Ghobadlou Hanged in Iran Amid State-Sanctioned Killing Spree

Street Protester Mohammad Ghobadlou Hanged in Iran Amid State-Sanctioned Killing Spree

January 23, 2024

January 23, 2024 — The execution today of 23-year-old street protester Mohammad Ghobadlou is a stark reminder of the Islamic Republic of Iran's broken and twisted judicial process, where defendants ...

Urgent Appeal to Halt Imminent Execution of Four Ethnic Kurds in Iran

Urgent Appeal to Halt Imminent Execution of Four Ethnic Kurds in Iran

January 18, 2024

Death Sentences Confirmed Within 24 Hours of Secret Trial, 18 Months of Incognito Detention Denied Independent Counsel and Right to Appeal Court Ruling January 18, 2024 – In the midst of a surge in executions in Iran, four ethnic Kurds are on the brink of execution following 18 months of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out

Tortured Protester Dies in Iranian Prison After Death Sentences Thrown Out

September 1, 2023

Another Political Prisoner’s Death Sparks Outrage Weeks Before Anniversary of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” Uprising Citing Relative, Activist Says Javad Roohi was “Killed” September 1, 2023 – The death of Javad Roohi, aged 35, ...

Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

Jailed Rapper Tortured, Forced into Psychiatric Center After Demanding Justice

July 24, 2023

Saman Yasin: Latest Victim of Iran’s Use of Forced Psychiatric Care to Punish Political Prisoners July 24, 2023 – The forced psychiatric hospitalization of jailed rapper Saman Yasin in Iran shortly after he ...

Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty

Leading Iranian Lawyers Urge UN to Address Illegal Use of Death Penalty

May 30, 2023

In light of the escalating number of illegal executions in Iran, a group of leading Iranian human rights lawyers have penned a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him ...

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

World Leaders Urged to Radically Increase Pressure on Iran to Cease Executions

May 24, 2023

Islamic Republic Is Severely Violating International Laws Governing Death Penalty  Protesters Hanged After Sham Trials, Minorities Targeted for Capital Punishment May 24, 2023 — In a letter delivered to 75 ...

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

More Executions of Protesters in Iran Imminent after Sham Trials

May 17, 2023

Prosecution of Three Young Men Relied on Torture, Forced “Confessions” Defendant: "They kept beating me to make me tell their version of their crime on camera" *Editor's Note: Saeed Yaghoubi, Saleh Mirhashemi, and Majid Kazemi were hanged on May 19, 2023 May 17, 2023 – Three young men—Saeed Yaghoubi, 37, ...

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

Three Hangings in Three Days: The Islamic Republic Continues Its Killing Spree

May 8, 2023

Executions to Silence Dissent After Grossly Unfair Trials Increase in Iran Dissidents and Minorities Targeted, 42 People Executed in Last Ten Days May 8, 2023—The execution of three men over the last three days ...

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

Imprisoned Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi, Voice of Iran’s Protests, Faces Possible Execution

April 6, 2023

Sources Close to Toomaj Urge International Community to Demand His Release Before Trial Begins Imprisoned Unjustly Since October 2022, in Urgent Need of Medical Care April 6, 2023 – The international community, including music and arts institutions as well as freedom of speech and expression organizations, should urgently call ...

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters

Political Prisoner Narges Mohammadi: I Will “Testify” About Sexual Assault Against Protesters

March 3, 2023

Prominent Human Rights Defender Takes Grave Risks by Penning Open Letter in Prison “As a witness in both cases of physical, sexual assault, and physical torture, I am willing ...

Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day

Sign the Petition for Women’s Rights in Iran on International Women’s Day

February 16, 2023

A new petition launched by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls on European Union (EU) countries to support the women and girls of Iran, who are facing severe and violent repression, by summoning Iranian ambassadors in unison on International Women’s Day ...

Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained

Iran Protests: More Doctors Treating Protesters Killed, Tortured and Detained

February 10, 2023

Global Medical Community Must Speak Out Against Severe Violation of International Law February 10, 2023 — An increasing number of doctors and medical workers continue to be arrested, detained, tortured and killed by Islamic Republic forces for treating wounded protesters, in direct violation of international law that requires the protection ...

New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities

New Briefing: Failure to Increase International Costs on Islamic Republic Will Green-Light Further Atrocities

February 7, 2023

Recommendations Lay Out Tangible Actions Governments Can Take to Address Violent Repression February 7, 2023 – More than four months into the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of nationwide protests in Iran, in which ...

Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent

Iran: Families of Detained and Killed Protesters Beaten, Threatened to Stay Silent

January 25, 2023

Attorneys Jailed to Prevent Them From Defending Protesters and Their Families   January 25, 2023 – Four months into the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of anti-state protests, Iranian authorities are beating, ...

Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN

Suspicious Deaths of Released Protesters in Iran Should be Investigated by UN

January 19, 2023

Credible Evidence Challenges Iranian Authorities’ Claims of “Suicides” Families Describe Visibly Tortured Bodies, Fabricated Evidence, Forced Quick Burials January 19, 2023 – The UN Fact-Finding Mission should investigate the suspicious deaths of a ...

Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

Two More Men Executed in Iran in Connection with Protests, Others at Imminent Risk

January 7, 2023

World Leaders Should Withdraw Ambassadors, Demand Moratorium on Executions January 7, 2023 – The hanging in Iran today of two men who were arrested in connection with street protests, Mohammad ...

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