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Charlotte Observer
March 14, 2018
Residents of a Syrian Kurdish enclave encircled by Turkish troops and activists say the area is facing a bread shortage as the town's only bakery grapples with increased demand ... The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Afrin's only bakery is facing rising demand amid power and fuel shortages.
RadioFarda
March 14, 2018
Eleven Kurdish rights activists, including outspoken journalist, Adnan Hassanpour, have been arrested in Marivan, Kurdistan province, western Iran, Kurdish ... Furthermore, a Kurdish human rights organization, Hengaw, has announced that two women from Marivan are also among the detainees, but theirÃâà...
RadioFarda
March 14, 2018
Human Rights activists had repeatedly declared that Reza Shahabi's only “crime” has been defending labor rights and encouraging the workers in Iran to launch their own independent Trade Unions. Article 26 of the Islamic Republic's Constitution explicitly stipulates, “The formation of parties, societies,Ãâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
March 14, 2018
“The agents in civilian clothes had no manners,” a source with knowledge about the case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “They didn't show a warrant but they had a piece of paper from the IRGC's Sarallah Headquarters.” “When Mr. Habibi resisted arrest and demanded to see a warrant,Ãâà...
Iran News Update
March 13, 2018
In a statement regarding this decision, BBC Director General Tony Hall noted, “We are not the only media organization to have been harassed or forced to compromise when dealing with Iran. In truth, this story is much wider: it is a story about fundamental human rights.” The Iranian regime is famouslyÃâà...
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
March 12, 2018
Ahead of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, 46 Iranian and international non-governmental organizations sent a letter to all diplomatic missions based in Geneva, Switzerland urging them to vote for the renewal of the mandate of the special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran.
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
February 23, 2018
“We are concerned that Iranian authorities now seem to be arresting and investigating peaceful scientific activists for their invaluable conservationist work. It is hard to fathom how working to preserve the Iranian flora and fauna can possibly be linked to conducting espionage against Iranian interests,” saidÃâà...
RadioFarda
December 31, 1999
Amnesty International says two Iranian human rights activists are enduring "appalling treatment" in a prison outside Tehran. In a statement on March ... Daemi is serving a sentence of seven years for distributing leaflets and writing posts on Facebook and Twitter that criticized Iran's use of the death penalty.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
Amnesty International says two Iranian human rights activists are enduring "appalling treatment" in a prison outside Tehran. In a statement ... of stoning. Daemi is serving a sentence of seven years for distributing leaflets and writing posts on Facebook and Twitter that criticized Iran's use of the death penalty.
