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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,...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

Take Action on September 18: International Day of Action to #SearchtheLandfills

International Day of Action: September 18 2023   September 18 is the International Day of Action to Search the Landfills. This...

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...

Russian Federation: Release women director & playwright

Theatre director, Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk are being arbitrarily detained since May 5, and face prosecution for authoring...

Canada: Search the landfills and return Indigenous women’s remains home

Manitoba's refusal to search for the remains of three murdered Indigenous women is ‘indefensible,’ Amnesty International Canada says....

Troubling Human Rights Record of the United Arab Emirates ahead of COP28

This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Russian Federation: Jailed nurse’s condition worsens

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist from Russian-occupied Crimea is still being denied healthcare. She was abducted by...

Argentina: Woman disappeared amid possible femicide

28-year -old woman, Cecilia Strzyzowski has been missing since June 1. She was last seen with her husband, César Sena,...

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