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Iran: 40 people killed in protests over past week – OHCHR

·November 23, 2022·1 min read

The development came amid ongoing nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Jina Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old from Iran’s Kurdistan region was arrested by Iran’s so-called “morality police” on 13 September for not wearing her hijab properly. According to OHCHR, thousands have been detained throughout the country for...

Iran: Thousands held for peacefully protesting must be released

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·November 16, 2022·1 min read

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Tuesday for the immediate release of thousands of Iranian citizens who have been detained after peacefully demonstrating against the Government following the death of Mahsa Amini for breaking strict hijab rules two months ago....

Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death, UN experts urge |

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·November 12, 2022·3 min read

“We urge Iranian authorities to stop using the death penalty as a tool to squash protests and reiterate our call to immediately release all protesters who have been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty for the sole reason of exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association and peaceful assembly...

Iran: Top rights expert welcomes Swedish verdict in mass executions case |

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·July 18, 2022·1 min read

The development came after Hamid Nouri – a former Iranian prosecutor and prison officer – was arrested at a Stockholm airport in 2019. He was later charged with war crimes and the mass murder of detainees in Iran in 1988, in line with an order issued by the then Supreme Leader...

Iran urged to halt imminent finger amputation of eight prisoners |

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·June 23, 2022·1 min read

The men were sentenced to “have four fingers on their right hands completely cut off so that only the palms of their hands and their thumbs are left”. OHCHR is deeply concerned that the amputations are imminent. Guillotine already installed Of the eight prisoners, seven were identified as Hadi Rostami,...