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Tag: human rights
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Detained Iranian Journalist Rushed to Hospital while Seizing
An Iranian journalist who was arrested during the May Day pro-labor protest in Tehran more than two months ago was rushed to the hospital from…
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Iran’s Police Arrested 30 Men and Women in a Private Yoga Class
30 yoga practitioners have been arrested in the northern city of Gorgan in Iran. Masoud Soleimani, a local judicial official said these people were…
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Protest Continues against the Detainment of Iranian Labor Activists and Journalists
International and Iranian organizations express concerns over the arrest of several labor rights activists in Iran including two journalists who were arrested on May…
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Iranian Labor Activists Targeted in a New Wave of Crackdown
Several workers in an industrial complex in the Southwest of Iran have been arrested or summoned for questioning following their protests against the management…
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Iranian Leader Slams Rouhani for his Support of a UNESCO Educational Agenda
Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned the Iranian government of Hassan Rouhani for supporting a UNESCO education agreement. Khamenei stated that the Rouhani…
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Iran to discuss human rights issues with EU
Iran has recently entered a round of negotiations with the European Community representatives over human rights issues.
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Animal Cruelty Punishable by Flogging and Imprisonment in Iran?
In lack of a law that specifically deals with curtly towards animals, Iran judiciary is now making up stances for those accused of aggravated…
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Anti Death Penalty Activist Sentenced to 10 years in Prison in Iran
Narges Mohammadi, human rights and anti death penalty activist who is the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran was…
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Iranian TV officials fail to remove names from European blacklist
The European Court of Justice has rejected appeals by Mohammad Sarafraz, the head of Iranian national broadcaster Seda va Sima, and Hamid Reza Emadi,…
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Rights group slams Saudi death sentence for Palestinian poet
Saudi Arabia has issued a death sentence to Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh on the charges of apostasy and renouncing Islam. The Guardian…
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Jailed Saudi blogger wins European human rights award
Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced by Saudi authorities to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam”, has won…
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Rights lawyer fears potential backlash over nuclear framework
Prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh says activists in Iran feel the consensus reached in Lausanne between Iran and the 5+1…