Weekly report on Human Right Violation in Iran by International Organisation to preserve Human rights in Iran
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The right to education, a forgotten right
The right to education, one of the rights noted in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has been violated by the Iranian government for years. Shortly after the 1997 revolution, the group that had taken over the government decided to filter the dissident professors and students out of universities. This […]
“A Journalist Behind Bars=Depriving an Entire Nation of their Right to Freedom of Speech”
Incarcerated journalist Mahsa Amrababdi was first arrested in June 2009, when she spent approximately 3 months in solitary confinement in Evin’s ward 209 under the supervision of the Intelligence Ministry.
Women’s right activists demonstrate for Sotoudeh
Scores of Iranian women’s rights activists gathered in front of the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday December 2 to call for proper handling of the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh, the jailed lawyer who has been on a hunger strike for close to 50 days.
Iran Deputies To Mull Draft Law Restricting Women’s Right To Travel
Lawmakers in Iran are preparing to consider legislation that may drastically alter an adult woman’s ability to obtain a passport and travel outside the country.
Mother Tongue: A Human, Child and Woman’s Right
Women and children human rights activists agree on the deep bond between a woman’s right and those of the child. This connection is so tight that one cannot be clearly studied without the other. Many of the reasons and acts that destroy the rights of a child also exist in the discrimination […]
Larijani Attacks UN Mechanisms, Calls Shaheed “Irrelevant”
Commentary: Shortly after Ban Ki-moon left Tehran, Iranian Human Rights Council head Mohammad Javad Larijani criticized the UN’s human rights mechanisms publicly, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, on Iran’s State TV. (ISNA)
A Brief Report on Human Right Situation in Iran in Mordad 1391 [July-August 2012]
Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defenders and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in continuation of her monthly reports, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Mordad 1391 [July-August 2012].
Right groups call on Iran to release Kurdish activist
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand’s health has “drastically deteriorated” in Evin prison after lengthy hunger strikes.
Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joins 16 other student and human rights organizations in a statement expressing deep concern for the violation of the right to education and academic freedom in Iran.