THIRTY-FOUR NGOS CALL ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO KEEP ATTENTION ON IRAN

THIRTY-FOUR NGOS CALL ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO KEEP ATTENTION ON IRAN March 16, 2016 To: Member States of the UN Human Rights Council Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights and civil society groups, write to you to call on your government to support the resolution to renew the mandate of the Special […]

Report on the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis regarding human rights

November–December 2015                                                                                             Ahraz-1502/008 Report on the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis regarding human rights:  Atabak Sepehri: On 9 Nov 2015 Atabak Sepehri, the Azerbaijani Turk civil rights activist from Parsabad city, Mughan / Ardabil was arrested following the Anti-racism protest after IRIB2 program (channel 2 of Iran public TV). He was released on IRR 300 million […]

NATIONAL FABRIC IRAN’S ETHNIC MINORITIES

For much of the 20th century, successive Iranian governments promoted a narrow, Persian-centric vision that excluded and marginalised ethno-linguistic minorities. Now, minority groups are fighting back. Iran is home to one of the most culturally diverse populations in the entire Middle East, with Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, and Baloch peoples amongst the groups that have […]

36 HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CALL ON UN TO PASS RESOLUTION IN IRAN

To: Member States of the UN General Assembly 12 November 2015 Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, urge your government to vote in favor of Resolution A/C.3/70/L.45 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This vote will take place during the 70th session […]

Iran: 20 years of unfulfilled promises: It is time to put children first

Two decades on from Iran’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Iranian authorities continue to show a shocking lack of respect for the basic human rights of children, 10 human rights groups have said on the 21st anniversary of the ratification of the treaty. The joint statement follows the […]