Human Right Updates
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UN Special Rapporteur Publishes First Report on Human Rights in Iran, Highlighting Disturbing Rights Violations
A new report by UN Special Rapporteur Mai Sato, has laid bare the grave human rights violations taking place in Iran, with particular focus on gender-specific abuses, the use of the death penalty, and the treatment of detainees and prisoners. The report, presented at the 58th session of the Human…
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UN expands Fact-Finding Mission’s mandate to address human rights crisis
Following the adoption of a significant resolution at the UN Human Rights Council—which not only renewed but also expanded the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, originally established in November 2022 during nationwide protests—Sara Hashash, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, responded. She…
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Urgent Appeal against Forced Transfer of Five Death Row Political Prisoners to Qezel-Hesar
On Wednesday, 16 April 2025, Heydatollah Farzadi, the head of Evin Prison, announced that five political prisoners are to be transferred to Qezel-Hesar Prison by the end of the day. The prisoners — Vahid Bani Amerian, Akbar (Shahrokh) Daneshvarkar, Babak Alipour, SeyedPouya Ghobadi, Mohammad Taghavi — have all been sentenced…
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Iran: Authorities must halt gruesome plan to amputate fingers of tortured prisoners within days
20th April 2025 – The Iranian authorities are preparing to inflict the cruel and irreversible punishment of finger amputation against three prisoners as early as 11 April, following their torture-tainted convictions in unfair trials, Amnesty International warned. The organization is calling on the international community to urgently press the Iranian authorities to…
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Amnesty International Calls for Immediate Release of Political Prisoners
4th Feb 2025 – Amnesty International has issued an ‘Urgent Action’ to stop the imminent execution of two Iranian political prisoners, Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, who were sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial. The Supreme Court of Iran’s regime recently rejected their request for a judicial…
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British Committee for Iran Freedom Statement: Call to End Executions in Iran
In their statement, 250 cross-party signatories denounce the regime’s systematic use of the death penalty as a means to target dissidents and detained demonstrators. They emphasise that these executions are politically motivated, intended to suppress dissent and deter future uprisings through fear and intimidation. The signatories draw attention to the…
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68 Prisoners of Conscience Call for Immediate Reversal of 3 Death Sentences in Iran
11th January 2025 – A group of Political Prisoners has issued an open letter urging international organizations and institutions to use their full capacity to take effective action to halt the execution of three political prisoners: Pakhshan Azizi, Mehdi Hassani, and Behrouz Ehsani, currently held in Evin Prison in Tehran.…
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Calls Grow for Immediate Release of Maryam Akbari Monfared from Iranian Prison
A collective of intellectuals, human rights defenders, and women’s rights activists, including notable figures like Elisabeth Badinter, Ingrid Betancourt, and Laurence Tubiana, call for the immediate release of Maryam Akbari Monfared, Iran’s longest serving female political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, French Le Monde reports on Sunday, 24 November. Maryam was…
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UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Investigation into Iranian Regime Atrocity Crimes and Genocide
30th July 2024 – Professor Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran has issued his final damning report about the Iranian Regime’s “Atrocity Crimes and Genocide” before the end of his tenure. In this report which he dedicates “to the victims of ‘Atrocity…
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Reports from UN Bodies and Amnesty International about Situation of Human Rights in Iran
The month of March saw several reports published about the situation of human rights in Iran from different organisations, in efforts to expose the Iranian regime’s crimes and hold them accountable. Professor Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights violations in Iran, called for international investigations into the 1988…