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Tag : ahvaz

October 12, 2022

Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests

“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 ongoing throughout the country since September 16, ...

January 3, 2022

Writer in Coma, Another Political Prisoner Dead after Unjust Imprisonment in Iran

Baktash Abtin (left) and Adel Kianpour (right). Concerns Mount for Prisoners Under Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i COVID-19 in Crowded Jails and Routine Denial of Medical Treatment Put All at Risk Jan 3, 2022 ...

July 23, 2021

Khuzestan: Fears Grow of Massive Carnage as Authorities Repeat Deadly Repression of 2019 Protests

New Amnesty Report Highlights Use of Live Ammunition, Killings in Drought-Ridden Province  July 23, 2021—With security forces in Iran attacking and killing protesters in Khuzestan Province, the Iranian authorities are once again demonstrating complete disregard for the ...

July 19, 2021

Khuzestan Protests: Iranians Should be Allowed to Air Grievances Without Threat of Death

At Least Three Shot Dead Less Than a Week into Demonstrations Against Water, Power Shortages July 19, 2021—The unlawful killings of protesters by state security forces in Iran’s drought-ridden Khuzestan Province should be condemned by the UN ...

March 4, 2021

Relatives Visit Ethnic Arab Prisoners in Khuzestan Jail Only to Be Handed Corpses Minutes Later

"They Learned of the Executions When the Bodies of Their Children Were Delivered to Them" Ethnically Arab political prisoners Jasem Heidary, Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, and Nasser Khafajian (Khafaji) were executed inside Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz, the ...

December 20, 2019

“This Verdict Means Any Protest Will Be Considered an Act of Violence”

Nine Labor Rights Activists and Journalists Sentenced to Prison Without Right to Appeal Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi Eliminated Appeal Process with Supreme Leader’s Blessing Nine labor activists were each sentenced to five years in prison on December 14, 2019, on the ...

September 26, 2019

Baha’i Woman Blindfolded During Interrogations, Imprisoned Under “National Security” Crimes

Man Pressured to Make False Confession, Charged With National Security Crimes for Running Peaceful Baha'i Social Media Channels A Baha’i woman started serving a prison sentence and a Baha’i man was charged with national security crimes for his ...

September 9, 2019

Mass Sentencing of Labor Activists, Journalists Prelude to Reign of Repression Under New Judiciary Chief

Seven Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms in Connection with Peaceful Protests September 9, 2019—Less than a year after workers’ rights activists in southwestern Iran publicized evidence that Intelligence Ministry agents had tortured detainees, those same activists ...

June 7, 2019

Haft Tappeh Workers Urge International Labor Organization to Investigate Suppression of Labor Protests

*A group of workers in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have published an open letter calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to investigate state suppression of workers' rights protests at the local Half Tappeh ...

January 17, 2019

Sham Investigation of Labor Activist’s Alleged Torture Lacks Impartiality, Ignores Witnesses

Iran Must Re-Open an Independent and Impartial Investigation into Labor Activist’s Abuse Multiple Cases of Alleged Torture Must Be Thoroughly Investigated January 17, 2018—After a brief and deeply flawed investigation lacking any semblance of impartiality, the ...

November 19, 2018

Steel and Sugarcane Workers Rally in Ahvaz to Demand Unpaid Wages

Workers from the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (NSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, held rallies November 10-14, 2018, demanding two months of unpaid salaries and in protest against the unannounced ...

June 14, 2018

60 Steelworkers Arrested in Iran For Demanding Three Months Back Wages

More than 60 workers at the Iran National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG) in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, have been arrested for demanding their salaries, which have not been paid to them for the last three months, according to an ...

April 6, 2018

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after a week of demonstrations in Iran’s mainly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province. On April 6, 2018, the Friday prayer ...

November 14, 2017

Former MP: Preventing Religious Minorities From Running in Iran’s Local Elections Violates Constitutional Rights

Passing legislation to restrict the rights of religious minorities in Iran would violate their rights as equal citizens, a prominent reformist former legislator told the Center for Human Rights in Iran. ...

June 29, 2012

UN Special Rapporteurs Condemn Ongoing Executions in Iran

Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs* on Iran, summary executions and torture condemned the recent execution of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Ahwaz’s Karoun Prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following a reportedly unfair trial, they were sentenced to death and executed ...

June 11, 2012

Fear of Secret Executions After 5 Prisoners Transferred to Unknown Location

Five political prisoners sentenced to execution were transferred from the General Ward of Karoon Prison in Ahvaz to an unknown location on Saturday, 9 June. A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Police Special Forces have been stationed in ...

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