November 25, 2020

Top UN Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ahmadreza Djalali

Execution of Swedish Doctor “would be a clear and serious violation” of law The UN issued a statement today calling for an immediate halt to the execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, which is reportedly imminent. The Swedish-Iranian medical scholar ...

September 25, 2020

Top UN Experts Demand Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh

UN Calls Her Return to Prison “Unfathomable” and “State Retaliation for Her Tireless Work Defending Human Rights” Sixteen of the UN’s top experts released a statement today demanding that Iran immediately release imprisoned human rights lawyer ...

October 3, 2018

120 Academics and Activists Join UN in Calling on Iran to Free Princeton Scholar Xiyue Wang

Xiyue Wang (right) with his son and wife. A group of 120 academics and human rights activists of Iranian origin have called on Iran to free imprisoned American scholar Xiyue ...