The following joint statement, signed by 23 international human rights organizations including the Center for Human Rights in Iran, calls on Iranian judicial authorities to release the activist Mehdi Mahmoudian and defense attorneys Arash Keykhosravi and Mostafa Nili. These peaceful ...
Group was Arrested Ahead of Filing Lawsuit Against State Officials for Disastrous Pandemic Response Legal Teams of Defendants Denied Access to Case Files, Homes Raided Detainees Were Pressured to Sign Pledges Promising to Withdraw Any Lawsuits October ...
The use of prisoners as bargaining chips in order to coerce other governments to provide concessions is a cruel policy” A group of prominent academics, policy experts, former government officials, parliamentarians and diplomats released a statement on ...
Farsi Version (PDF) GENEVA (22 July 2020) – Iran must release human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, reportedly ill with coronavirus symptoms, and other arbitrarily detained individuals before it is too late, a group of UN human rights ...
Judge Mohammad Moghiseh, Who Could Authorize Her Release, Has Been Unreachable Detained teenage Instagram celebrity Fatemeh Khishvand is currently on a ventilator at Sina Hospital in Tehran after contracting COVID-19 in state custody, while the judge who holds ...
Stand with Healthcare Workers Battling COVID-19 March 18, 2020 -- The Center for Human Rights in Iran stands in solidarity with the people of Iran during this time of great national trauma and suffering, and sends a message ...
