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Report cover for “They violently raped me”: Sexual violence weaponized to crush Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising. Amnesty International

Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity 

Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and...

Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi

Iran: Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s health at risk

Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi to torture...

New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers. An image provided by an eyewitness on Friday 20 October 2023 shows a water cannon spraying yellow liquid to disperse protests and facilitate subsequent arrest of marked protesters. ©private

Iran: New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers

The Iranian authorities’ relentless onslaught against weekly peaceful protests by thousands of protesters and worshippers from Iran’s oppressed Baluchi minority...

Women and girls in Iran have been at the forefront of protests during the uprising that has swept across the country since September 2022, following the death in custody of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. ©Private

Iranian women and girls face further violations of their rights under compulsory veiling bill

Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a Tehran metro...

Independent investigation into Armita Garawand’s critical injuries needed (photo: Amnesty International)

Armita Garawand: Independent investigation into schoolgirl’s critical injuries needed amid mounting evidence of a cover up in Iran

The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Mission and other independent monitors to enter the country...

Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi © private

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately and unconditionally 

Reacting to the news that unjustly imprisoned Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,...

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Iran: Protester sentenced to death in unfair trials

Protester Abbas Deris is at risk of execution in relation to the November 2019 nationwide protests in Iran. On July...

Schoolgirls in Iran have also participated through peaceful protests, including by removing their mandatory hijabs (compulsory veiling) while in their school uniforms. (c) private

Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls in Iran

Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s...

Jina Mahsa Amini (c) Amnesty International

What happened to Jina Mahsa Amini?

In September 2022 Jina Mahsa Amini, a young woman from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish minority, visited Tehran with her brother. She...

A street sign commemorating Mahsa Jina Amini is installed outside the former Embassy of Iran on Metcalfe street in Ottawa, June 2023 (c) private

Mahsa Amini: One year later we still say her name

The death in detention of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality”...

This 26 October, 2022, dated image posted on Twitter shows an unveiled woman standing on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way toward Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Mahsa Amini's hometown in the western Iranian province of Kurdistan, to mark 40 days since her death. © Private

Iran: One year after the Woman Life Freedom uprising international community must combat impunity for brutal crackdown 

The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible...

An image of Mahsa Amini is project during the press conference for the launch of Amnesty International’s Annual Report in Paris March 27, 2023. © christophemeireis.com

Crisis and Tactical Round Up Fall 2023: Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan and more

Solidarity with Women and Girls in Iran and Afghanistan, Protect Civilians in Sudan and Ethiopia, Ban the Scan and more...

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