IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS
July 20, 2022
Iranian woman 'beaten' by police for 'improper hijab' dies after coma: Reports
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By Yaghoub Fazeli Al Arabiya September 16, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/16/Iranian-woman-beaten-by-police-for...
Iranian Woman Brain Dead After Arrest By Morality Police Over Hijab Rules
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By Radio Farda September 15, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-woman-brain-dead-arrets-morality-police-hijab/32035501.html
Iran Using Surveillance Cameras To Identify Women Breaking Hijab Rule
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Radio Farda August 30, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-surveillance-cameras-identify-women-hijab-rules/32010957.html
A Futile Display? Cities in Iran Step Up Morality Patrols
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By Hedie Kimiaee Iran Wire July 9, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/women/105532-a-futile-display-cities-in-iran-step-up-morality-patrols/
Footage shows violent arrest of Iranian woman with dog-catching pole
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Arab News October 21, 2021 https://www.arabnews.com/node/1952486/amp
How protesting the hijab put a 24-year sentence on Saba Kord Afshari
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By Sharmeen Somani Global News September 7, 2019 https://globalnews.ca/news/5867031/hijab-protest-sentence-saba-kord-afshari/amp/
Iranian civil rights activist gets prison for taking off hijab in public
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By Amanda Woods New York Post August 29, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/iranian-civil-rights-activist-gets-prison-for-taking-off-hijab-i...
Saba Kord Afshari is only 20 but has received 24 years prison sentence
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My Stealthy Freedom Campaign against compulsory hijab in Iran August 27, 2019 https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/sabakordafshari-is-only-20-b...
My Stealthy Freedom
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The White Wednesdays movement opposes compulsory hijab and promotes freedom of choice for Iranian women. https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/t...
Yasaman Aryani took off her headscarf & was sentenced to 16 years in prison
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By Madeline Hislop Women's Agenda October 22, 2019 https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/yasaman-aryani-took-off-her-headscarf-was-sentence...
Iran: Release women's rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
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Amnesty International April 18, 2019 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2019/04/iran-release-womens-rights-defenders-detained-f...
Combined 55-year jail time for defying Iran's hijab law
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Share America August 14, 2019 https://share.america.gov/combined-55-year-jail-time-for-defying-irans-hijab-law/
Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling
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Amnesty International February 26, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/iran-dozens-of-women-ill-treated-and-at-risk-of-long-...
Iranian woman 'sentenced to 20 years in prison' for removing headscarf in protest
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Demonstrator says she was jailed for 'opposing the compulsory hijab' and 'waving a white flag of peace in the street' By Sam...
Groundbreaking report demonstrates hijab laws amount to widespread and systematic violation of women’s rights in Iran
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Justice For Iran March 7, 2014 https://justice4iran.org/4861/
July 19, 2022
Gov't Agencies 'Can't Cope' With Huge Number Of Child Laborers, Says Official
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Radio Farda April 26, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iran-child-labor-homeless-abuse/29193727.html
Poverty At The Root Of Iran's Child Labor Problem
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Radio Farda November 26, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/poverty-at-the-root-of-iran-s-child-labor-problem/29621609.html
Thousands Of Children Forced To Work, Beg In The Streets In Iran
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Radio Farda September 2, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/thousands-of-children-forced-to-work-beg-in-the-streets-in-iran/30142546.html
Iranian street children face torture and abuse
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Deutsche Welle July 19, 2019 https://amp.dw.com/en/iranian-street-children-face-torture-and-abuse/av-49647920
Ahwazi Children in Iran: Starving, Abused, and Forced To Work
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By Rahim Hamid and Yasser Assadi The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Fikra Forum March 13, 2020 https://www.washingtoninstitute.or...
The plight of Iran's millions of child laborers
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Iran News Wire November 20, 2020 https://irannewswire.org/the-plight-of-irans-millions-of-child-laborers/?amp
Islamic Republic of Iran: Promoting Violence Against Children
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Iran Human Rights Review The Foreign Policy Center January 2014 https://www.ihrr.org/ihrr_article/violence-en_islamic-republic-of-iran-promo...
A generation of street kids hustling in Iran
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Los Angeles Times By Kim Murphy April 22, 2007 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-22-fg-streetkids22-story.html
Iran: Child Laborers Exposed to Irreparable Lifelong Injuries
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U.S. Foundation for Liberty June 13, 2022 https://www.usfliberty.org/iran-child-laborers-exposed-to-irreparable-lifelong-injuries/
World Children's Day Rings Hollow for Children in Iran Who Enjoy Zero Rights
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Iran Human Rights Monitor November 19, 2020 https://iran-hrm.com/2020/11/19/world-childrens-day-rings-hollow-for-children-in-iran/?amp
Covid: Thousands of children left without parents in Iran
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More than 51,000 children in Iran have lost a parent to the Covid-19 pandemic, Iranian welfare authorities say. By Rana Rahimpour BBC Persia...
Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates Iran's child abuse problem
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By Khosro Kalbasi Atlantic Council IranSource August 13, 2020 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/coronavirus-pandemic-exacerba...
Fact Check: Do Afghan Children Enjoy Free Education in Iran?
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Iran Wire December 16, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/fact-checking/68404
July 18, 2022
Iranian Child Brides At Record Numbers
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Iran International November 23, 2021 https://www.iranintl.com/en/20211123366358
The Life of an Iranian Child Bride: An Animation by Marjan Farsad
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Center for Human Rights in Iran August 30, 2021 https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/08/the-life-of-an-iranian-child-bride-an-animation-by-marja...
Iran's Vice President Ansieh Khazali supports child marriage
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By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Blitz Pressenza November 14, 2021 https://www.pressenza.com/2021/09/irans-vice-president-ansieh-khazali-supp...
A Tale of Two Child Marriages
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Iran Wire May 9, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/society/103764-a-tale-of-two-child-marriages
Child marriage in Iran forces girls into a life of oppression
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Deutsche Welle November 9, 2017 https://amp.dw.com/en/child-marriage-in-iran-forces-girls-into-a-life-of-oppression/a-40450099
Child brides in Iran: tradition, poverty and resisting change
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By Taraneh Stone BBC Monitoring April 26, 2019 https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200rxfl
Iran: Women - Early and forced marriage
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Country Policy and Information Note Home Office May 2022 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
Early and Forced Marriages in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Justice For Iran December 2013 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/ForcedMarriage/NGO/JusticeForIran.pdf
Stolen Lives, Empty Classroom: An Overview on Girl Marriage
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Justice For Iran October 10, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/6539/
Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters
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Human rights activists say approved bill, making girls vulnerable to the ruling from age 13, 'legalises paedophilia' By Saeed Kamali...
July 16, 2022
Women Share Stories Of Sexual Abuse In Iranian Prisons
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By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty May 31, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/a/women-sexual-abuse-iran-prisons/31282808.html
Women reveal suffering torture, rape in Iran's prisons in new Al Arabiya documentary
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By Tamara Abueish Al Arabiya August 15, 2020 https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/features/2020/08/15/Women-reveal-suffering-torture-rape-in-Ir...
Rape Before Execution: The Secrets Persist
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By Firozeh Ramezanzadeh Iran Wire October 5, 2014 https://iranwire.com/en/society/60172/
Sexual torture of women political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Iran Human Rights Review The Foreign Policy Center January 2014 https://www.ihrr.org/ihrr_article/violence-en_sexual-torture-of-women-polit...
Stop further denials of rape of virgin girls prior to execution
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Justice For Iran September 29, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/5431/#
Raped out of Paradise: Women in Prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Justice For Iran June 2013 https://justice4iran.org/6548/
Crime & Impunity
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Sexual Torture of Women in Islamic Republic Prisons Justice For Iran December 10, 2012 https://justice4iran.org/6057/
Iranians Say Prison Rape Is Not New
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By Robert Mackey The New York Times August 28, 2009 https://archive.nytimes.com/thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/iranians-say-prison-ra...
New Prison-Rape Allegations In Iran Bring Practice To Light
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By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty August 26, 2009 https://www.rferl.org/amp/New_PrisonRape_Allegations_In_Iran_Bring_Prac...
'I wed Iranian girls before execution'
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By Sabina Amidi Jerusalem Post July 19, 2009 https://m.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/i-wed-iranian-girls-before-execution/amp
July 15, 2022
Iran: Blood-soaked secrets: Why Iran's 1988 prison massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity
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Amnesty International December 4, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/9421/2018/en/
Iran committing crimes against humanity by concealing fate of thousands of slaughtered political dissidents
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Amnesty International December 4, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/iran-committing-crimes-against-humanity-by-concealing...
Iran's 1988 Mass Executions
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Evidence & Legal Analysis of "Crimes Against Humanity" Human Rights Watch June 8, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/08/ira...
Khomein's fatwa led to mass execution of political prisoners
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Iran Tribunal https://irantribunal.com/mass-executions/khomeins-fatwa-fatwa-led-to-mass-execution-of-political-prisoners/
List of executions in 1980s
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Iran Tribunal https://irantribunal.com/mass-executions/list-of-executions/
Audio Transcript Of Iran Officials' Remarks About 1988 Massacre
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Partial Translation of the remarks by Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri in a meeting with the members of the "death commission...
Mass murderers are running Iran's judiciary
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Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran September 15, 2019 https://iran1988.org/mass-murderers-are-running-iran-judiciary/
Iran: Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated for crimes against humanity
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Amnesty International June 19, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-again...
UN urged to open query into Iran's 1988 killings and Raisi role
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By Stephanie Nebehay Reuters January 27, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-urged-open-query-into-irans-1988-killings-raisi-...
EXCLUSIVE U.N. expert backs probe into Iran's 1988 killings, Raisi's role
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By Stephanie Nebehay Reuters June 29, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/exclusive-un-expert-backs-probe-into-irans-1988-killin...
Iranian President Raisi: The Hanging Judge
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By Thomas Parker The Washington Institute for Near East Policy August 26, 2021 https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-p...
Swedish court convicts Iranian ex-official over 1988 executions
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By David Gritten BBC News July 14, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62162676.amp
Iran: Conviction of former Iranian official over involvement in 1988 prison massacres landmark step towards justice
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Amnesty International July 14, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/iran-conviction-of-former-iranian-official-over-involvem...
July 10, 2022
Ukraine rejects Iran's final report on downing of flight PS752
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Ukraine has rejected the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran's final report on the downing of a Ukrainian jet as a "cynical attempt...
Iran: pointed pellets, tear gas and rubber bullets fired at plane protesters
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Amnesty International January 15, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/iran-pointed-pellets-tear-gas-and-rubber-bullets-fired-pla...
Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims' Families Harassed, Abused
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A Torture Case, No Transparency in Investigation of 2020 Downed Airliner Human Rights Watch May 27, 2021 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/27...
VOA Exclusive: Ukraine Accuses Iran of Premeditated Terrorist Act in 2020 Plane Shootdown
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By Siamak Dehghanpour, Myroslava Gongadze and Michael Lipin VOA News January 08, 2022 https://www.voanews.com/amp/voa-exclusive-ukraine-accu...
Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims
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About Us We are the families of victims of Flight PS752. Our lives – what used to be normal lives like other normal people – forever changed...
Families of victims of Iran plane crash struggle with loss 1 year later
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By Liam Casey and Hina Alam The Canadian Press Global News January 4, 2021 https://globalnews.ca/news/7555417/iran-plane-crash-1-year/amp/
Canadian court rules Iran's 2020 downing of Ukrainian flight 'act of terrorism'
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A Canadian court on Thursday ruled that the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was deliberate and an "act of ...
Iran intentionally shot down Flight PS752 in 'an act of terrorism,' Ontario court rules
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Canada will soon enter into negotiations with Iran on reparations for the victims' families By Ashley Burke and Nahayat Tizhoosh CBC Ne...
Ontario court awards $107M to families of Flight PS752 victims
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Plantiff's lawyer plans to seize Iranian assets in Canada and abroad By Ashley Burke CBC News Jan 03, 2022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
July 05, 2022
"Bloody November" Iranian protests
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Study of the data of 3000+ murdered and 19000+ detained. Includes the names of 850+ murdered. MEHR center February 21, 2021 https://mehr.cen...
New Report Claims 3,000 Killed In Iran During 'Bloody November' In 2019
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Iran International February 27, 2021 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/new-report-claims-3000-killed-iran-during-bloody-november-2019
Special Report: Iran's leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'
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Reuters December 23, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1YR0QR
Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces' killing spree
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Amnesty International May 20, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-m...
Iran: Details of 324 deaths in crackdown on November 2019 protests
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Amnesty International November 16, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/2308/2020/en/
U.S. says Iran may have killed more than 1,000 in recent protests
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By Humeyra Pamuk Reuters December 5, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-usa/u-s-says-iran-may-have-killed-more-than-1000-...
Special Representative for Iran and Senior Advisor to the Secretary Brian Hook
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Special Briefing U.S. Department of State December 5, 2019 https://2017-2021.state.gov/special-representative-for-iran-and-senior-advisor-to...
Iran: Experts alarmed at alleged mistreatment of detained protesters
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United Nations The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights December 20, 2019 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/12/iran-e...
Iran: Trampling Humanity – Mass arrests, disappearances and torture since Iran's 2019 November protests
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Amnesty International September 2, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/2891/2020/en/
One Year After Iran's Deadly Crackdown, Victims' Families Face Harassment
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By Fereshteh Ghazi and Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty November 20, 2020 https://www.rferl.org/amp/one-year-after-iran-s...
Relatives of Victims of State Violence are Being Persecuted in Iran
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Center for Human Rights in Iran March 31, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/03/relatives-of-victims-of-state-violence-are-being-persecut...
European Parliament resolution of 19 December 2019 on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran
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The European Parliament Texts adopted December 19, 2019 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0112_EN.html
Aban Tribunal
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International people’s tribunal on Iran’s atrocities of November 2019 https://abantribunal.com
Allegations Of Mass Killings Of Protesters By The Iranian Government Under Review
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By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab Forbes November 11, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2021/11/11/allegations-of-mass-killings-of-protes...
Iran: Authorities violating absolute prohibition of torture through harassment of witnesses involved in Iran Atrocities Tribunal
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Frontline Defenders April 7, 2022 https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/iran-authorities-violating-absolute-prohibition-tor...
Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran's Investigation into the November 2019 Protests
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Justice For Iran February 28, 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15229/
Supreme Leader's approved policy prevents justice for families of victims of Iran's November protests
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Justice For Iran May 16, 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15076/
Mapping Iran's Bloody November Atrocities: Sirjan
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Justice For Iran November 13, 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15396/
July 03, 2022
More Than 500 Women Human Rights Defenders Unjustly Imprisoned In Iran
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By Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab Forbes August 13, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2021/08/13/more-than-500-women-human-rights-defende...
Iran is the world's biggest jailer of women journalists
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) August 26, 2019 https://rsf.org/en/news/iran-worlds-biggest-jailer-women-journalists Extract "Already o...
Profiles: Iran's Jailed Human Rights Activists
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By Caitlin Crahan The Iran Primer December 1, 2020 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2020/dec/01/profiles-iran’s-jailed-human-rights-activis...
Profiles: Iran's Jailed Human Rights Lawyers
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By Casey Donahue The Iran Primer December 14, 2020 https://iranprimer.usip.org/index.php/blog/2020/jul/15/profiles-iran’s-jailed-human-right...
Report: Human Rights Defenders in Iran 2021
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Iran Human Rights December 16, 2021 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/26/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD-English-2021_K2YoPzS.pdf
Report: Human Rights Defenders in Iran 2019-2020
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Iran Human Rights November 12, 2020 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/23/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD_Report_Iran_Human_Rights_Eng.pdf
Report: Human Rights Defenders in Iran 2018
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Iran Human Rights February 23, 2019 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/20/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD_Report_2018_EN.pdf
Profiles of Iranian Repression
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Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic By Tzvi Kahn, Research Fellow, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur (Foreword),...
Faces of Crime
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Justice for Iran https://facesofcrime.org/
May 26, 2022
United Nations 2021
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Resolution adopted by the General Assembly UN. General Assembly December 2021 http...
U.S. Department of State 2021
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2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iran Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country...
European Union 2021
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EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2021 Country Updates https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/2021-human-rights-and-democ...
Amnesty International 2022
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Amnesty International Report 2021/2022 Human Rights in Iran https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/iran/report-ira...
Human Rights Watch 2022
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World Report 2022 Iran https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/iran
Freedom House 2022
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Freedom in the World 2022 Iran https://freedomhouse.org/country/iran/freedom-world/2022
Reporters Without Borders 2022
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World Press Freedom Index Iran https://rsf.org/en/country/iran https://rsf.org/en/index INDEX 2022 Ranking: 178 of 180 Score: 23.22 POLITICA...
Iran Human Rights 2021
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Annual Report of the Death Penalty in Iran 2021 Iran Human Rights April 28, 2022 https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/5170/ https://iranhr.net...
Human Rights Activists in Iran 2021
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Annual Analytical and Statistical Report on Human Rights in Iran for the year 2021 Human Rights Activists in Iran December 27, 2021 https://...
May 15, 2022
United Nations Resolutions 1985-2021
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly United Nations 1985-2021 https://digit...
United Nations Reports 1985-2021
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Reports on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran United Nations 1985-2022 https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en...
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