UN human rights chief urges Iranian authorities to defuse tensions, investigate protest deaths
GENEVA (3 January 2018) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Iranian authorities “to handle the wave of protests that have taken place around the country with great care so as not to further inflame violence and unrest,” and to investigate all deaths and serious injuries […]
Report on the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis regarding human rights Juni 2016
June 2016 Ahraz-1602/014 Report on the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis regarding human rights: Habib Sasanian, Esmail Afkhami, Mehdi Javanzadeh, Hamid Saghafi, Babak Avand […]
Report on the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis regarding human rights, April 2016
April 2016 Ahraz-1602/012 Report on the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis regarding human rights: Morteza Nour Mohammadi: 14 March 2016, the Turk activist Morteza Nourmohammadi was released on bail in Shabestar, northwest Iran. Mr. Nourmohammadi had been summoned by the revolutionary court at the same day for which the reason was the suing of the local […]
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 […]