A Call by Dr. Shirin Ebadi Nobel Peace Laureate
and 25 civil society Organizations
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a ‘standing invitation’ to the special procedures
but has repeatedly failed to respond to my requests that dates for a visit be set, despite an oral
exchange during the third session of the Council, several high-level meetings and an extensive
correspondence”.
A Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran: Still an Urgent Necessity
No Celebration of 2012 World Human Rights Day in Iran
Roya Boroumand – Executive director, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
Huffington Post
Every year on December 10, countries around the world honor World Human Rights Day. This year, the United Nation’s focus was the right to all people “to make their voices heard in public life and be included in political decision-making.”
Human Rights Day 2012 – Reflecting on the Dire Circumstances of Lawyers in Iran
To claim that the Islamic legal system is not capable of integrating these scientific achievements and cannot arm itself with new weapons, is a catastrophe that must be averted with utmost vigilance and awareness…Behind the veil of legal words, there is a spirit which must be discovered and recognized and strived to achieve. Content must never be sacrificed for the sake of form and the end must not be sacrificed for the means…
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Human Rights Day 2012 Every Voice Counts
As we celebrate Human Rights Day this year, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF) joins the United Nations in emphasizing the importance of the rights of all people to be able to express themselves freely. Help support the work of ABF and give a voice to the thousands of Iranians silenced by leaders who cannot tolerate dissent.
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UN top official calls on Iran to release human rights activist on long-running hunger strike
4 December 2012 – Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville announced today: The High Commissioner for Human Rights is extremely concerned about Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally recognised lawyer and human rights activist, whose health is reportedly deteriorating.
UN strongly condemns human rights violations in Iran in face of increasing repression of human rights defenders
Paris, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) welcome the passing today of the resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran by a resounding majority in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee of the UN General Assembly.
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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY
Iran – November 22, 2012 – 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 Iran.
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IRAN: Arbitrary conviction of Abdolfattah Soltani’s spouse in an attempt to silence human rights defenders and their families
Paris-Geneva, November 20, 2012. 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), is appalled by the sentencing of human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani’s spouse.
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Iran: UN experts call for an independent and impartial investigation into the death in custody of a blogger
GENEVA (15 November 2012) – A group of United Nations experts today urged the Government of Iran to undertake a thorough, independent and impartial investigation of the death in custody of Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti, particularly the allegations of torture, and to make the result of such an investigation public.
Iran: Political Prisoners Denied Visits, Care
Sakharov Prize-winner Sotoudeh’s Detention Highlights Denial of Basic Rights
(Paris, London, New York, October 31, 2012) – Iran’s judiciary and prison authorities should end mistreatment of the prominent rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and six human rights organizations said today.
