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IRAN: International Workers’ Day: Release all trade unionists arbitrarily detained in the country

Source: FIDH Paris-Geneva, April 30, 2014 – On the eve of May 1, 2014, International Workers’ Day, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, is drawing attention to the […]

Thursday، 1 May، 2014

FIDH LDDHI Open Letter to Navi Pillay on Evin Prison

25 April 2014 Paris, France To: Ms. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights CC: Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Re: Attacks in Evin Prison […]

Tuesday، 29 April، 2014

FIDH LDDHI Information Note on Evin Prison

Outline of Events that took place on 17 April and the days following in Evin Prison (based on prisoners’ testimonies) • 17 April attacks o At 9:30 am on 17 April, now dubbed by prisoners […]

Tuesday، 29 April، 2014

Events that took place on April 17 and the following days in Evin Prison

Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Mr. Maina Kiai Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Mr. Juan Méndez Office of the […]

Tuesday، 29 April، 2014

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking: The Influence of Social Networking Technologies on Female Religious Veil-Wearing Behavior in Iran

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking: The Influence of Social Networking Technologies on Female Religious Veil-Wearing Behavior in Iran.

Thursday، 10 April، 2014

The Death Penalty in 2013

Executions rose by almost 15%, compared with 2012. An increasingly isolated group of entrenched executioners, mainly Iraq and Iran, accounted for this sharp spike in executions, bucking the global trend towards abolition of the death […]

Thursday، 27 March، 2014

March 2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

March 2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented to the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council Read the report (PDF) Read annex […]

Friday، 14 March، 2014

PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY IRAN: Harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders continue

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, deplores the continued harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders in Iran.

Monday، 10 March، 2014

Iran: Grave concern over lack of access to medical care for sick prisoners of conscience

FIDH expresses its deep concern about Iranian authorities’ refusal to give sick prisoners of conscience access to adequate medical care, resulting in further deterioration of their health, and fears this may amount to a systematic […]

Thursday، 6 March، 2014

Iran:145 cases of death Penalty in the first two months of this year

In the first two months of this year, 145 cruel, inhuman and humiliation death Sentence and executions Has been carried  in Prisons and various cities in Iran according to official sources (70) Unofficial sources (75). […]

Thursday، 6 March، 2014