The Report on the arresting of Azerbaijani civil rights activists on the occasion of International Mother Language Day
February 2015 Ahraz-1502/001 The Report on the arresting of Azerbaijani civil rights Activists on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. Azerbaijani Turks of Iran again were oppressed on International Mother Language Day for the consecutive years. According to the Message from Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Mother […]
11 NGOs urge UN experts to intervene in the environmental crisis in southwestern Iran
Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Mr. John Knox, UN Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Mr. Dainius Pūras, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the […]
Shahin Khyavi minority issues forum – UN 25/11/2014[ Video]
Shahin Khyavi: Ethnic Turks live in Iranian Azerbaijan’s provinces and other parts of the country. They are exposed to different intensities of violence. In this intervention I will talk about various forms of violence directed against Turks in Iran. The totalitarian nature of Iranian Governmen t and formation of an ideological identity in the society […]
March 2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
March 2014 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, presented to the 25th Session of the Human Rights Council… Read full report here: Read the full report with annexes (PDF) Annex I : Categories of imprisoned persons (PDF) Annex II: Case summaries (PDF) Source: Ahmet Shaheed website
Study of genocide typology applied to the Azerbaijani Turks in Iran
The term genocide meaning the “racial destruction” comprising of the Greek root γένος génos “birth, race, and “cide” in Latin (killing) is defined as “the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic or religious minority. The genocide embraces the components, as the political and social prohibitions, cultural and religious diversion, […]