Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Groups Call for an End to House Arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard
Iran: End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; Free all prisoners of conscience http://www.fidh.org/Free-all-prisoners-of-conscience-12891?var_mode=calcul (Beirut, London, Paris, 13 February 2013) – The Iranian authorities should […]
Families of BBC Reporters in Iran Targeted
Arseh Sevom — For months now, Iranian state media has been slandering BBC Persian journalists, accusing them of a number of crimes including drug trafficking, sexual impropriety, and even rape. Recently, they also began detaining the family members of the jour
Iran: Bill Threatening Independent Civil Society Sent Back to Committee
On the recommendation of a group of Iranian parliament representatives, the bill for the “Establishment and Supervision of NGOs” has been dropped from the agenda of […]
Iran: Parliament ignores concerns of independent civil society organisations over draft bill
PUBLIC STATEMENT 10 April 2011 AI Index: MDE 13/044/2011 Iran: Parliament ignores concerns of independent civil society organisations over draft bill Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi […]
HRW Releases Report on the State of Human Rights in the World
More than 6000 arrests were made in Iran following the flawed elections in 2009