Conservation Scientist Niloufar Bayani: "Every time I... sought help from the authorities, the pressures, threats, and acts of torture increased." Appeals Court Upheld Prison Sentences Against Conservationists on Baseless Charges and Coerced “Confessions” February 20, 2020 – A female former UN Environment consultant’s complaints of physical and psychological torture ...
Prison Terms Range from 4-10 Years Based on No Evidence and False "Confessions" February 18, 2020 – The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) condemns the Iranian appeals court’s decision to uphold lengthy prison sentences against eight wildlife conservationists detained since January 2018 without due process ...
Iran's judiciary should free all women and men who were arbitrarily detained as state forces violently repressed street protests this past November, said a group of UN human rights experts* on December 20, 2019. Up to ...
UN Press Release, GENEVA (20 December 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Iranian authorities to release all individuals arbitrarily detained and mistreated during recent protests, and expressed concerns over the hundreds of people who have been killed. “We are shocked at reports of the ...
Sixteen mothers whose children were killed amid violent state crackdowns on street protests have called for Iranians to observe a minute of silence for the victims on December 26, 2019. “We, the mothers, will not remain silent,” they said in a statement published on December 17, 2019, that also ...
December 16, 2019 -- A coalition of international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran has called on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to launch an independent inquiry and demand accountability for the Iranian government's repression of last month's street protests, which ...
Foreign Policy Chief Urges Iran to Hold Perpetrators of Protest Deaths Accountable, Provide Detainees Due Process December 10, 2019 - The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate Iranian state forces' use of lethal means to repress the country's mid-November 2019 protests which resulted in hundreds ...
The EU should lead calls for the UN to investigate the perpetrators of state repression in Iran that left at least 208 people dead amid nationwide protests ...
Women and Girls in Iran Are Unprotected from Many Forms of Violence November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women The UN states: “Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today.” In 1999, the ...
*This article was updated with additional details on November 25. Early Tally Indicates at Least 4,000 Arrests as Concerns Mount for Detainees Smeared by State Media as “Rioters” In the wake of preliminary reports suggesting that thousands of people were arrested in the Iranian government’s crackdown on mass protests ...
Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, joined his colleagues in expressing serious concerns about the Iranian authorities' use of lethal force against protesters, and called on the Iranian government to restore full internet access. UN Press ...
November 20 Marks Universal Children's Day Begun in 1954 by the UN, Universal Children’s Day, (now called World Children's Day) is observed each year on November 20 to promote the welfare of the world’s children. The UN’s Declaration of the Rights of the Child states, “The child shall be protected ...