Submission on violence and discrimination based on gender, religion or belief, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation and gender identity

Submission on violence and discrimination based on gender, religion or belief, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation and gender identity, submitted jointly by All Human Rights for All in Iran, Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan – Geneva (KMMK-G), Association for the Human Rights Of The Azerbaijani People In Iran (AHRAZ), Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), OutRight […]

Annual Reports October 2022

NATIONAL SECURITY CRIMES, 2022 IRAN PROTESTS, AND AZERBAIJANIS Introduction  The present report is a brief reflection of the current status of human rights of the Azerbaijani Turk population in Iran by looking at the 2022 Iran protests in the Azerbaijan region. The main theme of this report is around national security and the Azerbaijani Turks […]

Annual Reports October 2021

RECENT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES OF AZERBAIJANI TURKS IN IRAN This report mainly focuses on the sociocultural, environmental, and political situation of the people living in the Azerbaijan region of Iran. The primary sources of this report are collected from the human rights defenders, media organizations, journals, and articles. In recent years many factors influenced the […]

Statement of AHRAZ on the large-scale arrests related to the protests on July 24, 2021, in the Azerbaijani region of Iran in solidarity with Arab protestors in Khuzestan

The Islamic Republic of Iran must immediately release the detained Azerbaijani activists and end systemic discrimination against Azerbaijani Turks and other ethnic minorities. On July 24, 2021, the Security Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested hundreds of Azerbaijani Turk activists in Tabriz. These arrests took place after Azerbaijani activists called the region’s population to show their solidarity […]

Association for the human rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran AHRAZ’s repot regarding the current situation of the Azerbaijani arrestees that are arrested during the recent protests (November 2019) in Iran

Association for the human rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran “AHRAZ” request the Iran’s officials to cease the unlawful arrestments and provide fair trial for the arrested people. The officials should assure that the arrested people are having their lawful rights such as having access to lawyers and meeting their families.