Human rights situation in Iran, particularly mass executions and the recent death of the...
European Parliament resolution of 22 November 2012 on the human rights situation in Iran, particularly mass executions and the recent death of the blogger...
Iranian human rights lawyer in fourth week of hunger strike
The Toronto Star By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Nasrin Sotoudeh’s awards would cover a wall. But 49-year-old Iranian human rights defender has no...
Iran must immediately investigate blogger’s death in custody
‘Fears that Sattar Beheshti died as a result of torture … are very plausible’ - Ann HarrisonThe Iranian authorities must investigate the circumstances that...
9 Iranian female prisoners begin hunger strike
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian opposition website says at least nine female political prisoners have begun a hunger strike...
Rights activists beaten, raped in Iran .. U.N
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Human rights activists in Iran are subjected to beatings with batons, mock hangings, rape, sleep deprivation, and threats...
EU’s Ashton appeals to Iran to stay activist’s execution
BRUSSELS, Oct 09, 2012 (AFP) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday urged Iran to stay the execution of activist Gholamreza Khosravi...
Children main victims as Assad forces step up attacks on markets, hospitals .. Amnesty
By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIESCivilians, including many children, are the main victims of indiscriminate Syrian army bombing and shelling of areas abandoned to opposition...
Iran’s children look on and families cry for pardons at daily hangings
The Observer -Saeed Kamali Dehghan In Iran, the country I was born in and where I lived until three years ago, public hanging is...
Why is the world so silent in face of Iran’s appalling human rights record?
The Independen By: David Alton As much of the world’s attention is focused on Iran’s nuclear program, the regime’s leaders have continued their reign...
UN chief calls on Iran to free all political prisoners
TEHRAN, Aug 31, 2012 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on Iran to free all its political prisoners, in a speech obtained...
