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UN Special Rapporteur on Iran Urges International Community To Call For Accountability Over Arbitrary Executions of 1988 and November 2019 Protests

In his report to the forty-ninth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), Dr. Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, wrote about the concerns of violations of human rights imposed by the Iranian regime on the people of Iran. The imposition of the death penalty, […]

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Hundreds of Current and Former UN Officials and Globally Acclaimed Jurists Urge UN to Immediately Establish an Investigation Into Iran’s 1988 Massacre Which Is Believed to Amount to ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ and ‘Genocide’

The following is a statement by “Justice for Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran” released on 27 January 2022 Hundreds of international human rights and legal experts, including the former head of the International Criminal Court and more than 100 current and former United Nations officials, in letters to the UN Human Rights Council

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UN General Assembly Condemns Human Rights Violations in Iran

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution sanctioning the gross and systematic violations of human rights in Iran in its 76th session on 16 December 2021. The resolution, introduced by Canada and 47 co-sponsors from all regions, passed by 78 votes in favor, with 31 against and 69 abstentions, “Expresses serious concern at

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Over 100 Iranian Athletes Call On The UN Secretary-general To Refer The 1988 Massacre To UN Security Council And To Prosecute Ebrahim Raisi And Other Perpetrators Of This Great Crime Against Humanity

Simultaneous with Hamid Noury’s trial in Stockholm, more than 100 Iranian athletes, including world champions, participants in the Olympics and national teams in football, wrestling, karate, judo, kung fu, taekwondo, gymnastics, sailing, weightlifting Basketball, marathon, athletics, boxing, volleyball, fencing, shooting, tennis and ping pong, signed a statement to the UN Secretary-General stating that the 1988

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UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran expressed concern over the increasing human rights violations

On Monday, October 25, 2021, Javaid Rehman, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, expressed concern over the increasing human rights violations in Iran during United Nations General Assembly’s Third Committee. “A serious impediment for improvement consists of persistent impunity for serious violations of human rights law. The situation is aggravated by the

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Joint Letter of Nobel Laureates to the United Nations Secretary-General

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 25 Nobel laureates expressed their solidarity and sympathy with the relatives and friends of those executed during the 1988 massacre of the political prisoners in Iran. The Nobel laureates “underscore the need to set up an international commission by the United Nations to investigate this enormous crime.”

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Iran’s 1988 Massacre – Online Conference by experts, jurists, witnesses

Online Conference by experts, jurists, witnesses Iran: 1988 Massacre, call to end impunity for masterminds 1,000 former political prisoners in attendance A number of distinguished human rights experts will join an online conference to call for an end to impunity for the Iranian regime’s leaders, in particular its president, Ebrahim Raisi, for their role in

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