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Wednesday 12. December 2018
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United Nations General Assembly, Third Committee
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the widespread and systematic use of arbitrary detention, including the use of this practice to target dual and foreign nationals, to release those who have been arbitrarily detained and to uphold, in law and in practice, procedural guarantees to ensure fair trial standards, including timely access to legal representation of one’s choice from the time of arrest through all stages of trial and all appeals, the right not to be subjected to torture, cruel and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and consideration of bail and other reasonable terms for release from custody pending trial;
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Joint letter in support of the UN General Assembly resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran
The continued attention of the international community is required to ensure Iran upholds its international human rights obligations. By supporting resolution A/C.3/73/L.42, the UN General Assembly will send a strong signal to the Iranian authorities that the promotion and respect of human rights is a priority, and that genuine and tangible improvements to the situation are expected to ensure the dignity inherent to all persons in Iran.
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Iran is putting political prisoners' lives at risk by denying them medical care
Iran’s authorities are callously toying with the lives of prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners by denying them adequate medical care, putting them at grave risk of death, permanent disability or other irreversible damage to their health, according to a new report by Amnesty International published today.
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Press briefing notes on Flogging in Iran, unfair restrictions on NGO access to the UN and executions in Gaza
We condemn the outrageous flogging of up to 35 young men and women in Iran last week, after they were caught holding a graduation party together in Qazvin, north of Tehran. According to State media, the students were arrested on Thursday, interrogated and sentenced by the Prosecutor’s Office to 99 lashes each and then were flogged – all within the space of 24 hours. - See more at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20037&LangID=E-#sthash.SYADHRqW.dpuf
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Amnesty International
Juvenile offender to be executed in a week gives harrowing torture account
“That the Iranian authorities are preparing to put to death a young man who’s been tortured for 97 days to ‘confess’ when he was 17 years old beggars belief. With less than a week left before he is due to be executed, there is no time to waste. Saman’s execution must be immediately stopped and his case thoroughly reviewed,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
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Charlie Hebdo: After the shock and mobilisation, comes time for action
Analysis of The FIDH Executive Bureau
FIDH commends the millions who took part in the 11 January 2015 Marches in France and other parts of the world, in reaction to the killings in Paris targetting Charlie Hebdo and a Kosher supermarket. Witnessing the reactionary demonstrations taking place in response to Charlie Hebdo’s most recent publication, FIDH feels especially compelled to analyse their significance and outcomes.
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United Nations, General Assembly
Human Rights Council
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
Nineteenth session
Geneva, 27 October – 7 November 2014
UNEDITED VERSION
Draft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review*
Islamic Republic of Iran
The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its twentieth session from 27 October to 7 November 2014. The review of the Islamic Republic of Iran was held at the 9th meeting on 31 October 2014. The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran was headed by Dr. Mohammad Javad Ardeshir Larijani, Secretary of the High Council for Human Rights and advisor to the Chief of Judiciary on International Affairs. At its 14th meeting held on 04 November 2014, the Working Group adopted the report on the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Human Rights Watch
Iran: Dozens Unlawfully Held in City’s Prisons
Locked Up in Karaj
Spotlight on Political Prisoners in One Iranian City
The 59-page report is based on a review of 189 cases in three prisons in the city of Karaj, near the capital, Tehran, including the charges they faced, details of their trials before revolutionary courts, and information from lawyers, prisoners’ families, and others. Human Rights Watch concluded that in 63 of these cases, authorities had arrested the prisoners, and revolutionary courts had convicted and sentenced them, solely because they exercised fundamental rights such as free speech and rights to peaceful assembly or association. In dozens of other cases, including 35 prisoners sentenced to death on death row for terrorism-related offences, Human Rights Watch suspects egregious due process violations that may have tainted the judicial process.
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U.N. urges Iran nuclear talks to include human rights
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Iran: Halt Execution of 33 Sunnis
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DOCUMENT - IRAN: EVIN PRISONERS AT RISK AFTER REPORT OF RIOT
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Launch of the #ForFreedom campaign
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“Stop the executions” – UN rights experts alarmed at the sharp increase in hangings in Iran
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World increasingly dangerous for refugees and migrants
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Human Rights Council discusses the situation of human rights in Iran
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United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran Dr. Ahmed Shaheed at Südwind´s parallel event
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Human Rights Council: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Mark National Student Day by freeing prisoners of conscience
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