Huffington Post – Roya Boroumand Executive director, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
The new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, presented a new cabinet on August 5, dominated by the old guard, including many technocrats from Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s government (1989 to 1997.) Mr. Rafsanjani was most often described as a moderate in the West regardless of his government’s human rights record.
Is Rouhani’s Government of ‘Foresight and Hope’ for All Iranians?
Saeid Rezaie transferred back to prison from hospital despite needing aftercare
Saeid Rezaie
8 August 2013 – Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Saeid Rezaie, one of seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders was hospitalized 2 weeks ago due to his gastrointestinal disorder, and was transferred back to Rajai Shahr prison on August 7th.
Withdraw Cabinet Nominee Implicated in Abuses
Investigate Proposed Justice Minister’s Role in Killings
(August 8, 2013) – Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, should immediately withdraw his nomination of Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi for the post of justice minister, Reporters Without Borders, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and Human Rights Watch said today.
Foreign Dignitaries Attending Rouhani’s Inauguration Should Demand Visit to Detained Opposition Leaders
(July 31, 2013) Foreign dignitaries invited to attend the inauguration of Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, should use the occasion to demand a visit to opposition leaders under house arrest, and publicly call for their immediate release, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.
Iran: Rising poverty, declining labour rights
Paris, Geneva, 10 June 2013 – On the eve of the presidential election in Iran on 14 June, FIDH and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) publish a report entitled «Iran: Rising poverty, declining labour rights», documenting violations of economic and social rights in Iran.
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Human Rights Council renews mandate of Iran Special Rapporteur with overwhelming majority
22 March 2013 – The United Nations Human Rights Council renewed today the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Mr Ahmed Shaheed, with an unprecedented majority.
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Human rights organisations call on Human Rights Council to renew Iran Special Rapporteur’s mandate
Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Conectas Direitos Humanos, East and Horn of African Human Rights Defenders project (EHAHRDP),
IRAN: United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention orders immediate release of Abdolfattah Soltani!
Paris-Geneva, February 6, 2013. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has just concluded that the detention of lawyer and founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC) Abdolfattah Soltani is arbitrary, and requested the Iranian Government to release him immediately.
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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY
Iran – January 18, 2013 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Iran.
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Iran must immediately revoke the death sentences of prisoners of conscience
14 January 2013 Karim Lahidji, vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and president of the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI), said today:
