Iran: Death toll from bloody crackdown on protests rises to 208
The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on 15 November has risen to at least 208, said Amnesty International, based on […]
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Iran: World must strongly condemn use of lethal force against protesters as death toll rises to 143
The international community must denounce the intentional lethal use of force by Iranian security forces that has resulted in the killings of at least 143 protesters since demonstrations broke out […]
Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush protests
Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by Iranian security forces, […]
Iran: Prison and flogging sentences for seven journalists and activists ‘disgraceful injustice’
Responding to reports of a Revolutionary Court’s decision on 7 September to hand four journalists and three labour rights activists between six and 18 years in prison and, in one […]
Iran: Prisoner of conscience flogged 100 times for ‘drinking alcohol and insulting Islam’
The flogging of Kurdish singer and prisoner of conscience Peyman Mirzazadeh 100 times demonstrates the shocking brutality of Iran’s justice system, said Amnesty International. Peyman Mirzazadeh had been sentenced to […]
Iran: Cruel campaign to extract propaganda ‘confessions’ from protesters against compulsory veiling
Iran’s authorities are using incommunicado detention, prolonged solitary confinement and threats against family members in order to extract forced video “confessions” from women’s rights defenders detained for campaigning against the […]
Iran: Sentencing of human rights lawyer to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes ‘a shocking injustice’
Responding to the news that Iranian human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes for his human rights work, including publicizing violations […]
Iran: Proposed law restricting access to lawyer would be crushing blow for justice
A contemptible amendment to Iran’s code of criminal procedure could effectively strip detainees who are facing punishments such as the death penalty, life imprisonment and amputation, of the right to […]
Iran: Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in abhorrent violation of international law
The Iranian authorities have flogged and secretly executed two boys under the age of 18, Amnesty International has learned, displaying an utter disdain for international law and the rights of […]
Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately and […]
Iran: Pro-government vigilantes attack women for standing up against forced hijab laws
A series of videos shared on social media in recent weeks have shed light on the daily harassment and violent attacks women in Iran face at the hands of morality […]
Iran: Shocking 33-year prison term and 148 lashes for women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh
The sentencing of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women’s rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes in a new case against her is an […]
