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Continued Arrests of Women Activists in Kurdistan: Detention of Leila Pashaei Brings Total Detainees to Four
The wave of arrests targeting women activists in Kurdistan Province continues, with the recent detention of Leila Pashaei, a women’s rights advocate from Sanandaj. Her arrest brings the number of women activists detained in the province to…
Joint Statement Condemning Recent Arrests in Ahwaz Region (Khuzestan)
We, the signatory organizations, express our deep concern over the recent wave of arrests in Ahwaz Region (officially known as Khuzestan). In recent days, dozens of civil activists, poets, and social media users have been arbitrarily…
Joint Statement: 68 Human and Women’s Rights Organizations Urge the International Community to Pressure Iran to Revoke the Death Sentence for Jailed Women’s Rights Activist
We urgently call on the international community, governments, institutions, and women’s rights organizations to take immediate action to stop the execution of courageous humanitarian worker and women’s rights activist, Pakhshan Azizi, whose…
Human rights defender Edris Menbari sentenced to two years in prison
On 9 December 2024, Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced human rights defender Edris Menbari to two years in prison on the charge of “forming groups and association with the intention of disturbing the national security”…
Statement of Human Rights Organizations Condemning Death Sentences and Supporting Varisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi
In the name of life, in the name of humanity, in the name of beauty.
Free Narges Coalition and partners urge UN Human Rights Council to intervene for Narges Mohammadi’s urgent medical release
To the United Nations Human Rights Council,
Joint Statement on the Continued Detention and Uncertain Status of Azerbaijani Turk Activists in Iran’s Evin Prison
We, the undersigned, express our deep concern over the inhumane treatment and indefinite detention of Azerbaijani Turk political and civil activists in Iran who were arbitrarily arrested by security forces. On February 6 and 7, 2024, in the…
On 2nd Anniversary of Woman, Life, Freedom: Women and Human Rights Organization Urgently Call for Release of Women Human Rights Defenders and Upholding of Women’s Rights in Iran
September 16th marks the two-year anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s tragic death while in the custody of the morality police. The 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman was arrested in Tehran for allegedly violating Iran’s strict hijab laws. Her…