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Iran
Iran 'Worst' Journalist Jailer
The Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) says the number of journalists jailed around the world has increased to its highest level since the mid-1990s and Iran is "the world's worst jailer."
Human Rights
Human Rights
UN Urges Iraq to delay closing of Camp Ashraf
The United Nations' top envoy for Iraq has urged the government in Baghdad not to close Camp Ashraf - housing more than 3,000 Iranian dissidents -- by the end of this year.
Kurdistan
Blogger Rojin Mohammadi Suffering in Ward 2A, Evin Prison
Imprisoned blogger and medical student, Rojin Mohammadi, has been locked up in Ward 2A of Evin Prison under appalling conditions. This ward is under the control of Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC).
Human Rights
Iranian journalist arrested at his home
Iranian journalist Farshad Ghorbanpour was arrested after a raid on his home in Tehran, the Human Rights House of Iran reports.
Kurdistan
Tabriz University student commits suicide
A student from the city Dehgolan (Iranian Kurdistan) committed suicide and died on Monday December 5, 2011.
Kurdistan
Shocking Statistics of Violation of Human Rights in Kurdistan Province
In arriving of December 10th,the World Day of Human Rights, 185 people have been detained, 215 year prison sentences for political and cultural activists, 34 local on-foot traders were killed and 14 others wounded by the security forces of…
Kurdistan
Officials in Nosod city levy fees on students to pay for school heating costs
Our reliable sources have confirmed that in schools in Nosod city (in Kirmanshah province) school officials have levied imposed fees on parents contrary to the Article 30 of the Constitution and the General Director of the Ministry of…
Kurdistan
Nosoud security forces brazen out with local on-foot merchants
Following the encounter of the security forces stationed in “Nosoud District” with the border traders in the region, their passage was blocked to the border markets.
Human Rights
US, EU Tighten Syria Sanctions as Death Toll Mounts
The United States and the European Union tightened sanctions on Syria Thursday as the United Nations said the death toll in the Damascus government's crackdown on protestors now exceeds 4,000. A top State Department official said Syrian…
Kurdistan
Three Kurdish citizens were detained in Dehgolan (Iranian Kurdistan)
Three Kurdish citizens were detained by the Islamic Republic security forces in Dehgolan (a city located in Iranian Kurdistan)