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Category: Human Rights
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Students Push Back: Harassment, ‘Resistance’ Scholarships, and Campus Militarization
At Bu-Ali Sina University, students protest alleged harassment by Iraqi classmates, scholarships tied to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, and campus militarization—demanding transparency, safety, and…
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Balochistan on Edge: Border Closures and Fuel-Carrying Crackdown Ignite Deadly Protests
Strikes shuttered markets across eastern Sistan and Balochistan as residents protested border closures and a fuel-carrying crackdown. At least 18 killed in October; demands…
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Iran’s Political Prisoners Call Somayeh Rashidi’s Death in Qarchak a ‘Systematic Killing’
The death of 42-year-old political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi after denied medical care in Qarchak Prison has triggered outrage from current and former prisoners, who…
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Slow Death in Qarchak Prison: The Medical Neglect That Killed the Political Prisoner Somayeh Rashidi
Political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi, 42, died in Qarchak Prison after months of denied medical care. Her death highlights systemic neglect in Iran’s prisons, long…
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Systematic Exclusion: How Iran Is Denying Afghan Children the Right to Education
As Iranian classrooms reopen for a new school year, tens of thousands of Afghan children are missing—barred by new regulations, shuttered community schools, and…
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The Shadow of Civil War Over Iran
Amid fears of a renewed Israel-Iran conflict, another danger is quietly looming: the risk of Iran sliding into civil war. Such wars rarely erupt…
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Violence at the Gates of Gold: Deadly Suppression of Kurdish Protesters
A peaceful environmental protest in the Kurdish city of Saqqez ended in gunfire when guards at the Qolqoleh gold mine opened fire on villagers…
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Babak Shahbazi: The Iranian Technician Facing a Death Sentence
Babak Shahbazi, born in 1981, is a father of two, with children aged 18 and 12. Prior to his arrest, he was a heating…
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Crackdown in Iran Targets Women, Labor, and Ethnic Minority Activists
Iranian authorities have stepped up arrests of activists, workers, women, and minorities, especially Kurds and Arabs, in a coordinated crackdown following the recent 12-day…
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A Collective Statement by Men Advocating for Gender and Sexual Equality: Let Us End This Silence and Complicity
A diverse group of men advocating for gender and sexual equality has issued a collective statement condemning the patriarchal and paternalistic system that has…
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Murders of Two Women: Deep Failures of the State in Protecting Women from Violence
The murders of Elaheh Hosseinnejad and Hanieh Behboudi in Iran have reignited outrage over gender-based violence, exposing systemic legal failures and highlighting the urgent…
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Kurdish Cities in Iran Hold Strike to Protest Death Sentences of Two Female Political Prisoners
Kurdish cities across Iran have gone on strike in response to the death sentences of two Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Verisheh Moradi. The…