Ahead of the 2024 UN General Assembly session, which began on September 24, pro-democracy Iranian diaspora groups, primarily from the Iranian American community, organized a series of week-long rallies outside the UN headquarters in New York. The protests aimed to draw attention to Iran’s deteriorating human rights situation and to urge the international community to […]
On September 21, 2024, activists and members of the Iranian community organized an impactful exhibition in Southampton to raise awareness about the worsening human rights situation in Iran. The street exhibition, featuring eye-catching posters, drew significant attention from local residents and passersby. Many expressed their shock and outrage at the extent of the abuses occurring
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Ahead of the two-year anniversary of Iran’s 2022 uprising, which was ignited by Mahsa Jina Amini’s death in custody, Amnesty International released a report on September 11, 2024. The report emphasizes the ongoing impact of the authorities’ harsh suppression of the “Woman Life Freedom” movement and the persistent impunity for crimes under international law. Amnesty
Iran’s Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper highlighted the impact of inflation on education in the new school year, reporting that 110,000 first-graders were unable to start school due to rising costs of supplies and tuition. The September 14 report noted a 50% increase in elementary textbook prices compared to last year, while stationery prices rose by at least
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Many workers In Iran face severe challenges when they are dismissed or go months without receiving their wages. Labor authorities, who are responsible for resolving these disputes, often take an excessively long time to address complaints. Workers frequently find themselves waiting for six months or more for their cases to be heard, leaving them and
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Professor Javaid Rehman, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, published a statement on 5 September 2024 regarding his participation in the conference titled “36th Anniversary of the 1988 Massacre, Iran: Accountability for Atrocity Crimes” held in Paris on 24 August 2024:
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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,
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
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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Farmers in Isfahan, central Iran, have been suffering from water shortages for years and their calls on authorities for help have fallen on deaf ears. Protests by groups of farmers have been ongoing but it has escalated in recent months reaching a climax in November when hundreds of farmers started a sit-in on the dried
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