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Documents in this collection

Iran: New Assault on Freedom of Information

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 25, 2012
Type: Press Release

Journalists, Bloggers Arrested ahead of Elections This wave of arrests against journalists and bloggers is a brazen attempt by the authorities to exercise absolute control over information available to the citizens. Officials should immediately release all journalists and bloggers currently languishing in Iran’s prisons without ever being publicly charged and presented with the evidence against them, or serving time for exercising their right to freedom of expression.

World Report 2012: Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 22, 2012
Type: Report

Iran: Authorities Defiant on Rights Record

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 22, 2012
Type: Press Release

Executions Soar, Activists and Dissidents Systematically Suppressed.

The Iranian government crushes all voices of opposition while scoffing at the international community’s growing concern over human rights.

Iran: Allow Peaceful Protests Over Lake’s Destruction

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 10, 2011
Type: Appeal/Urgent Action

This latest round of arrests shows how intolerant Iranian authorities are toward any form of public criticism. Authorities should free Azerbaijan region residents who appear to have been arrested solely for gathering peacefully, and if there is credible evidence that any of them acted violently, either charge or release them.

Joe Stork,

deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

Iraqi Kurdistan: Cross-Border Attacks Should Spare Iraqi Civilians

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 2, 2011
Type: Statement

Don’t Praise Iran’s War on Drugs

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 5, 2011
Type: Statement

Human Rights Watch Honors 7 Activists: Sussan Tahmasebi, Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 5, 2011
Type: Statement

Iran: Free Unjustly Detained American Hikers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 11, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Halt Execution of Kurdish Activist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 30, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Investigate Reported Killings of Demonstrators

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 29, 2011
Type: Statement

Iraq: Order Independent Probe into Camp Ashraf Violence

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 15, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Parliament Ignores Concerns of Independent Civil Society Organisations Over Draft Bill

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 10, 2011
Type: Press Release

UN: Rights Body Acts Decisively on Iran, Cote d’Ivoire

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 25, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Allow Women's March for Equality

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 7, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Violence Against Protesters

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 3, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Free Opposition Leaders and Their Families

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 2, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 16, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Attacks on Peaceful Demonstrators

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 14, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: Deepening Crisis on Rights

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 26, 2011
Type: Press Release

Iran: 2010 Annual Report

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 24, 2011
Type: Report

Iran: Rescind Execution Order for Kurdish Student

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 26, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 15, 2010
Type: Report

Members of sexual minorities in Iran are hounded on all sides. The laws are stacked against them; the state openly discriminates against them; and they are vulnerable to harassment, abuse, and violence because their perpetrators feel they can target them with impunity. Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

We are a Buried Generation: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 15, 2010
Type: Report

Iran: Escalating Repression of University Students

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 7, 2010
Type: Press Release

The government accuses student activists of endangering national security and being manipulated by ‘foreign elements' as cover for its campaign to eliminate the student movement and stifle academic freedom. Despite these pressures, students are at the front line of the struggle for greater freedoms at universities and throughout society.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Rights Defender Dedicates Award to Women Activists

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 10, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Crisis Requires International Scrutiny

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 28, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan: End Juvenile Death Penalty

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 8, 2010
Type: Press Release

Sussan Tahmasebi

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 8, 2010
Type: Report

Human Rights Watch Honors Six Activists

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 4, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Lawyers' defence work repaid with loss of freedom

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 1, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release Rights Activist; Guarantee a Fair Trial

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 1, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: 'Confession,' Stoning Sentence a Mockery of Justice

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 13, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Free Baha'i Leaders

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 10, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Abuse of Political Prisoners

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 6, 2010
Type: Press Release

Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 4, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer and His Family

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 30, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release and Provide Urgent Medical Care to Jailed Activist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 28, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran/Iraq: Iranian Attacks Should Not Target Iraqi Civilians

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 12, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Prevent Woman’s Execution for Adultery

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 7, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Rescind Execution Order of Juvenile Offender

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 6, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Dissident

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 29, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Crisis Deepening One Year After Disputed Elections

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 10, 2010
Type: Press Release

Statement during the adoption of the UPR Outcome Report on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 10, 2010
Type: Statement

Outwitting Iran's cyber censors

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 12, 2010
Type: Statement

Iran: Executed Dissidents 'Tortured to Confess'

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 11, 2010
Type: Press Release

Remembering Iran's Rights Abuses

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 4, 2010
Type: Statement

Iran: Free Three Americans Held Since July

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 29, 2010
Type: Press Release

UN: Iran’s Withdrawal From Seeking Council Seat a Victory for Rights

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 23, 2010
Type: Press Release

Barring the Bahais

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 13, 2010
Type: Statement

Iran: New Coordinated Attack on Human Rights Groups

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 24, 2010
Type: Press Release

"Yet again, the government has drawn upon its tired playbook of foreign espionage and conspiracy theories to silence the few remaining critical voices in the country. This smacks of a desperate tactic to find one more excuse to attack human rights activists."

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director

Indict or Free Filmmakers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 13, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Undermining Women’s Rights

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 7, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: Free ‘Mourning Mothers’ Supporters

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 6, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Persecution of Baha’is

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 23, 2010
Type: Press Release

UN: Council Review Highlights Iran's Poor Record

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 16, 2010
Type: Press Release

Tokyo Needs to Speak Up about Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 13, 2010
Type: Journal article

The Islamic Republic at 31: Post-election Abuses Show Serious Human Rights Crisis

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 11, 2010
Type: Report

Iran: Crackdown’s Torrent of Abuses

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 11, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: South Africa Must Speak Out

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 9, 2010
Type: Journal article

Iran: Prosecute Mortazavi for Detention Deaths

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 13, 2010
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Persecution of Peaceful Activists

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 9, 2010
Type: Press Release

World Report Chapter: Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 2010
Type: Report

Iran: Stop Harassing Shirin Ebadi

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 10, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Kurdish Activist Executed

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 11, 2009
Type: Report

Iran: Four Journalists Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 9, 2009
Type: Report

Iran: Stop Covering Up Sexual Assaults in Prison

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 6, 2009
Type: Report

"It's shameful for Iran's government to close its eyes to official evidence of severe sexual abuse of detainees by prison authorities." Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of the Middle East and North Africa division

Iran: Revoke Death Sentences for Juvenile Offenders

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 4, 2009
Type: Report

“Killing people for what they did as children is wrong and repellent, and killing them for alleged homosexual conduct is just as wrong and repellent. The Iranian government has flouted its most basic human rights obligations in allowing these cruel death sentences.” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Overturn Death Sentences, Other Unfair Convictions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 26, 2009
Type: Press Release

"Death sentences following unfair trials expose the mockery of Iran's judicial system. Those responsible need to quash these verdicts and sentences, and ensure that everyone detained, or put on trial, has free and regular access to a lawyer of their choosing." Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Another Execution of Juvenile Offender

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 13, 2009
Type: Press Release

"The Iranian Judiciary's enthusiasm to execute juvenile offenders despite its international obligations and objections in Iran itself to such brutal acts is shocking...This is a callous affront to basic human dignity." Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director

Iran: Appoint Special UN Envoy to Investigate Rights Crisis

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 21, 2009
Type: Press Release

"UN member states, meeting as the General Assembly, have a responsibility to uphold UN human rights principles and demand that Iran stop these grave violations...The international community's voice, heard through the UN, can make a big difference in bringing an end to this crisis." Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director

Iran: New Judiciary Chief Should Tackle Rights Abuses

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 28, 2009
Type: Press Release

"This will be the most important test for Iran's judiciary under Ayatollah Larijani's leadership - does it have the political will to go after those responsible for violence against peaceful protesters and the torture of detainees?" Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director

Iran: Investigate Security Chiefs in Post-Election Abuse

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: August 14, 2009
Type: Appeal/Urgent Action

"The number and scale of the abuses by both the police and Basij make it pretty clear that they must have been following orders...Investigation into the abuse needs to go right to the top to find out who gave the orders."

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director

Iran: Show Trial Exposes Arbitrary Detention

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 4, 2009
Type: Press Release

"The prosecutor's so-called indictment shows that these accusations are political, through-and-through...Since it's crystal clear that the authorities can't find a recognizable criminal offense to charge these people with, they should release them all immediately and unconditionally." Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director

Iran: Free Disabled Reformist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 28, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Arresting, Intimidating Rights Lawyers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 26, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop ‘Framing’ Government Critics

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 21, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Halt Moves to Curtail Lawyers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 16, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Detainees Describe Beatings, Pressure to Confess

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: July 8, 2009
Type: Report

"The Iranian government is desperate to justify its vicious attacks on peaceful protesters...What better excuse does it need than confessions of foreign plots, beaten out of detainees?"

Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director.

G8: Press Iran on Rights, Free Expression

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 6, 2009
Type: Press Release

The Iranian authorities are trying to blame ‘foreign powers’ for their violent and abusive campaign against peaceful protesters. The G8 needs to make it clear to Tehran that it cannot shift the blame and that human rights concerns will be at the forefront of future G8 engagement with Iran. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch

Iran: Release Disabled Reformist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 1, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Night Raids Terrorize Civilians

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: June 26, 2009
Type: Press Release

"While most of the world's attention is focused on the beatings in the streets of Iran during the day, the Basijis are carrying out brutal raids on people's apartments during the night," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Witnesses are telling us that the Basijis are trashing entire streets and even neighborhoods as well as individual homes trying to stop the nightly rooftop protest chants."

Iran: Violent Crackdown on Protesters Widens

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 23, 2009
Type: Press Release

"Iran is in the midst of a violent and arbitrary crackdown on reformist protesters that has already claimed lives and has led to over a thousand arrests. The role of Mortazavi in the crackdown suggests that the authorities are preparing to bring trumped-up charges against its opponents." Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

Iran: Halt the Crackdown

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 19, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Investigate Protester Deaths

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 18, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Violence Against Peaceful Protests

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 15, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Political Prisoner’s Life in Danger

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: May 23, 2009
Type: Appeal/Urgent Action

"Behrooz Javid-Tehrani, who is critically ill, is in prison for his peaceful political dissent and his human rights advocacy...He should never have been imprisoned in the first place and he should be released at once or he will likely die in prison." Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director

Iran: Iranian Rights Defender Receives Martin Ennals Award

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 20, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Free Baha’i Leaders

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 14, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Imminent Juvenile Offender Executions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 4, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Secret Execution of Juvenile Offender

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 1, 2009
Type: Press Release

Governments Should Endorse Anti-Racism Declaration

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 22, 2009
Type: Press Release

UN Racism Conference: Defeat Bigotry by Standing Ground

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 20, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Journalist's Conviction Tainted by Secrecy

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 20, 2009
Type: Press Release

Don't Let Any Nations Derail UN Racism Conference

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 16, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Investigate Death of Political Prisoner Amir Heshmat Saran

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: March 19, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Illegal Detention of Iranian-American Journalist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 13, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release Students Detained for Peaceful Protests

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: February 27, 2009
Type: Press Release

"Peaceful protest is not a criminal offense...Iranian authorities should release these students without delay." Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Four Journalists Sentenced to Prison, Floggings

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: February 10, 2009
Type: Press Release

Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand Awarded Hellman/Hammett Grant

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: January 21, 2009
Type: Press Release

"Kaboudvand's work as a human rights defender and journalist promoting critically needed reform in Iran has landed him in prison with little access to urgently needed medical care...His experience is harsh testimony to the plight of journalists, dissidents and other peaceful critics in Iran today." Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Acquit HIV/AIDS Doctors Prosecuted in Unfair Trial

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 13, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Freedom of Expression and Association in the Kurdish Regions

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: January 9, 2009
Type: Report

(New York, January 9, 2009) - The government of Iran should amend or abolish broadly worded national security laws used to stifle peaceful dissent in the country's Kurdish areas and end arbitrary arrests of Kurdish critics and dissidents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Iran: End Repression in Kurdish Areas

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 9, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: Threats to Nobel Laureate Escalate

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 2, 2009
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Persecution of Nobel Laureate

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 30, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Free Aids Doctors

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: December 22, 2008
Type: Appeal/Urgent Action

Iran: Reverse Closure of Nobel Laureate’s Rights Group

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: December 21, 2008
Type: Appeal/Urgent Action

The closure of DHRC is not just an attack on Shirin Ebadi and her Iranian colleagues, but on the entire international human rights community of which she is an influential and important member. The Iranian authorities should allow the center to reopen and investigate why it was raided in the first place. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch

Iran Hangs Seventh Juvenile Offender This Year

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: November 4, 2008
Type: Press Release

It is tragic that Iran is continuing to kill juvenile offenders. Iran urgently needs to end its isolated position and abolish these executions. Clarisa Bencomo, Middle East children’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Attacks Escalate Against Women’s Rights Activists

Author: Humand Rights Watch
Published: October 29, 2008

Instead of seeking to silence women’s rights advocates who draw attention to the urgent need for reform, the government should move to repeal Iran’s discriminatory laws. Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch

Iran: Move To End Juvenile Executions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 20, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran:Crisis escalates, Faces and Cases from Ahmadinejad's Crackdown

Author: Human Rights Watch/International Campaign for human rights in Iran
Published: September 18, 2008
Type: Report

UN: Hold Ahmadinejad Accountable for Iran Rights Crisis

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 17, 2008
Type: Press Release

UN: Five Countries Responsible for All Executions of Juvenile Offenders Since 2005

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 11, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Executions of Juvenile Offenders Rising

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 27, 2008
Type: Newsletter

Iran: End Executions of Juvenile Offenders, 29 Adults and Two Juvenile Offenders Hanged

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 29, 2008
Type: Newsletter

Iran: Release Detained HIV/AIDS Experts

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 21, 2008
Type: Newsletter

Iran: Spare Four Youths From Execution

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 6, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Guarantee Fair Court Hearings for Two Kurdish Women

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 22, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Let Prisoners Get Needed Medical Care

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 5, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Cooperate With UN Rights Bodies

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 5, 2008
Type: Press Release

Open letter to President Ahmadinejad on Situation of Baha'i Detainees

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 1, 2008
Type: Letter

Iran: Detained Students May Face Torture

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 10, 2008
Type: Newsletter

The issue is torture

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 30, 2008
Type: Statement

Iran: Private Homes Raided for "Immorality"

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 28, 2008
Type: Newsletter

Iran: Reformist Candidates Barred From Election

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 12, 2008
Type: Press Release

UN: Action Needed Against Unproven HIV/AIDS Treatments

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 28, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Kurdish Teacher Tortured, Sentenced to Death

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 26, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Halt Execution of Juvenile Offender

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 21, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Judiciary Must Prevent Imminent Executions by Stoning

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 5, 2008
Type: Appeal/Urgent Action

Iran: Investigate Detention Deaths

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 17, 2008
Type: Press Release

"You Can Detain Anyone for Anything" : Iran's Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 8, 2008
Type: Report

Iran: End Widespread Crackdown on Civil Society

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 6, 2008
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 2007

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 2008
Type: Report

Iran: Release Women’s Rights Activists Immediately

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 16, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Prevent Execution of Juvenile Offender

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 4, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Suspend Heavy Sentence for Women’s Rights Activist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 9, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Revoke Death Sentence in Juvenile Case

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 2, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release Leading Defender of Prisoners’ Rights

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 15, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Charge or Release Iranian-American Still in Detention

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 21, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Allow Baha’i Students Access to Higher Education

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 20, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Jailed Students Abused to Obtain Forced Confessions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 27, 2007
Type: Press Release

source: Human Rights Watch

Iran: Cancel Televised ‘Confessions’

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 17, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iraq: US Should End Indefinite Detention of Five Iranians

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 16, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Prevent Stoning of Condemned Mother

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 10, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Detained Students at Risk of Torture

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 21, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran Leads the World in Executing Children

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 19, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Executions by Stoning Slated for June 21

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 19, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Halt Mass Deportation of Afghans

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 17, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Harassment of Dual-Nationals

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 30, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Another Iranian-American Scholar Detained

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 23, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Arrests on Immorality Charges

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 17, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran’s arbitrary arrests of thousands of men and women in recent weeks under the banner of “countering immoral behavior” threaten basic rights to privacy, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called for the immediate release of all those detained as part of this campaign, including more than 80 people seized in a raid on a private gathering in the city of Esfahan on May 10, 2007.

Source: Human Rights Watch

Iran: Jailed Iranian-American Scholar Faces Coercion

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 11, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: National Security Laws Used to Jail Women’s Rights Activists

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 26, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release Detained Teachers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 13, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release Women’s Rights Activists

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 6, 2007
Type: Press Release

Syria: Ethnic Arab Refugees Face Persecution if Returned to Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 4, 2007
Type: Press Release

UN: Rights Council Fails Victims in Iran, Uzbekistan

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 26, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Release Women's Rights Advocates

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 7, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Women on Trial for Peaceful Demonstration

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 27, 2007
Type: Press Release

Source : Human Rights Watch

Iran: Free Wife of Political Prisoner Seized on Street

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 22, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Executions After Unfair Trials

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 14, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Activists Barred From Traveling Abroad

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 7, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of Expression

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 5, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Prosecute Torturers, Not Bloggers

Published: December 11, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Halt Execution of Ethnic Arabs After Secret Trial

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 10, 2006
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Honors Global Rights Defenders

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 31, 2006
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Honors Iranian Journalist and Blogger

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 18, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Ban on Access to Higher Education

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 18, 2006
Type: Press Release

Sweden: Stop Deportations of LGBT Iranians

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 8, 2006
Type: Letter

Netherlands: No Deportations of LGBT Iranians to Torture

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 8, 2006
Type: Letter

Netherlands, Sweden: Bar Deportations to Torture in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 8, 2006
Type: Statement

Netherlands: Threat to Return Gay and Lesbian Iranians

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 7, 2006
Type: Letter

Denying the Right to Education

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 1, 2006
Type: Report

Iran: Former MP Tortured to ‘Repent’ for His Criticisms

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 25, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Juvenile Offenders Face the Hangman’s Noose

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 21, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: New Death of Political Prisoner in Custody

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 6, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Government Outlaws Nobel Laureate’s Rights Group

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 7, 2007
Type: Press Release

Iran: Imprisoned Dissident Dies in Custody

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 2, 2006
Type: Press Release

For Iran, the Man Is the Message

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 28, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Retry Ethnic Arabs Condemned to Death

Published: June 25, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Remove Rights Abuser From Delegation at U.N.

Published: June 21, 2006
Type: Press Release

IRAN, POLICE ASSAULT WOMEN RIGHTS' DEMONSTRATORS

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 15, 2006
Type: Press Release

In its June 15th, press release, Human Rights Watch blamed the Iranian government for its ".. utter contempt its utter contempt for basic freedoms like the right to peaceful assembly. The authorities should free those arrested at once and find out who’s behind the police violence. "

Iran: Scores Arrested in Anti-Baha’i Campaign

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 6, 2006
Type: Press Release

In the present press release, Human Rights Watch protests against the arrest of 45 Iranian citizens of Baha'i confession:“Arresting people solely on the basis of their religious faith is a flagrant violation of freedom of belief and the freedom to practice a religion of one’s choice.”

Iran: Top Scholar Detained Without Charge

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 4, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Political Prisoner at Risk of Execution

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 14, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Police Attack Women’s Day Celebration

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 8, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Alarming Increase in Executions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 26, 2006

Iran: Release Workers Arrested for Strike

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 30, 2006
Type: Press Release

United Nations: U.S. Aligned With Iran in Anti-Gay Vote

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 24, 2006
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 2005

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 18, 2006
Type: Report

Iran: Top Ministers Implicated in Serious Abuses

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 14, 2005
Type: Press Release

Ministers of Murder: Iran’s New Security Cabinet

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 1, 2005
Type: Report

Iran: Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 22, 2005
Type: Newsletter

Iran: Journalist Tortured to Renounce Writings

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 1, 2005
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Honors Iranian Journalist and Blogger

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 26, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Security Forces Kill Kurdish Protestors

Published: August 10, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Harassment of Rights Defenders Escalates

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 2, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Juvenile Executions

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 26, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Leading Dissident’s Life in Danger

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 13, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Jailed Dissidents Denied Medical Care

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 13, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Clerical Leaders Foreclose Free Elections

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 11, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Judiciary Tries to Jail Dissident Again

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 8, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iranian Writers Awarded Hellman/Hammett Grants

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 5, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Judiciary Stonewalls on Journalist’s Death

Published: May 23, 2005
Type: Press Release

No Exit: Human Rights Abuses Inside the Mojahedin Khalq Camps

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 18, 2005
Type: Report

Iran: Exiled Armed Group Abuses Dissident Members

Published: May 17, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Reports of Ethnic Violence Suppressed

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 9, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Judiciary Should Admit Blogger Abuse

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 3, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Dissident Wins Award for Besieged Writers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 6, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Blogger Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 23, 2005
Type: Press Release

The Human Rights Case Against Attacking Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 7, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Political Prisoners Held with Violent Criminals

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 7, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Nobel Winner in Danger of Arrest

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 15, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Journalists Receive Death Threats After Testifying

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 5, 2005
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 2004

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2005
Type: Report

Iran: Judiciary Uses Coercion to Cover Up Torture

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 19, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: Torture Used to Obtain ‘Confessions’

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 5, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: Web Writers Purge Underway

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 7, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: Journalist Detained in Internet Crackdown

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 13, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: Five Years After Protests, Release Students

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 6, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: Europe Needs Tougher Stance

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 9, 2004
Type: Press Release

LIKE THE DEAD IN THEIR COFFINS, TORTURE, DETENTION, AND THE CRUSHING OF DISSENT IN IRAN

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 7, 2004
Type: Report

Iran: Torture Used to Suppress Dissent

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 6, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: Reformist Newspapers Muzzled Before Election

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 18, 2004
Type: Press Release

Iran: U.N. Rights Rapporteur Must Meet With Prisoners

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 4, 2003
Type: Press Release

Iran: Detained Professor Should Be Freed

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 23, 2003
Type: Press Release

Iran: EU Must Not Forget Political Prisoners

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 9, 2003
Type: Press Release

Nobel Prize for Iranian Activist Welcomed

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 9, 2003
Type: Press Release

Iran: Stop Punishing Student Activists

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 30, 2003
Type: Press Release

Iran: End Vigilante Attacks

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 19, 2003
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 2002

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2003
Type: Report

Iran: Dangerous Paramilitary Threat

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 21, 2002
Type: Press Release

Iran's Elected Leaders Are Ready to Listen

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 17, 2002
Type: Statement

Iran's Elected Leaders Are Ready to Listen

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 17, 2002
Type: Statement

Iran: Veto on Torture Bill Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 11, 2002
Type: Press Release

Iran: U.N. Fails to Condemn Rights Abuses

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 21, 2002
Type: Press Release

Iran: "Trial" a Mockery of the Law

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 12, 2002
Type: Press Release

Afghan Refugees Mistreated in Exile, but Afraid to Go Home

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 26, 2002
Type: Press Release

Closed Door Policy: Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: February 2002
Type: Report

Iran: Trial of Political Activists Begins

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 7, 2002
Type: Press Release

Iran: Parliamentarians Convicted

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 3, 2002
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 2001

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2002
Type: Report

Iran: Journalist at Risk

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 21, 2001
Type: Press Release

Safe Refuge Must Be Provided For Afghan Refugees

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 20, 2001
Type: Press Release

CRISIS OF IMPUNITY: The Role of Pakistan, Russia, and Iran in Fueling the Civil War

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 13, 2001
Type: Report

Pakistan, Iran, Russia Fueling Afghan Civil War

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 13, 2001
Type: Press Release

Iran: Election Marred by Human Rights Attacks

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 31, 2001
Type: Press Release

Stifling Dissent: The Human Rights Consequences of Factional Conflict in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 31, 2001
Type: Report

Iran: Human Rights Commission In Jeopardy

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 16, 2001
Type: Press Release

"Creeping Coup" in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 19, 2001
Type: Press Release

Iran: Depoliticize The Judiciary

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 18, 2001
Type: Press Release

Big Arrest of Dissidents in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: March 12, 2001
Type: Press Release

Iran: Intelligence Agents’ Trial Inconclusive

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 28, 2001
Type: Press Release

Iran Blocks Overseas Education for Women

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 25, 2001
Type: Press Release

Iran: Independent Magazine Banned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 18, 2001
Type: Press Release

Harsh Sentences Against Iran Reformists Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: January 16, 2001
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 2000

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2001
Type: Report

Iran: Trial for Conference Attendees

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 1, 2000
Type: Press Release

Iran: Prosecution of Independent Cleric Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 10, 2000
Type: Press Release

Conviction of Iranian Lawyers Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 27, 2000
Type: Press Release

Iranian Verdict in Espionage Case ‘disappointing'

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 21, 2000
Type: Press Release

Activists and Intellectuals Detained in Iran for Participating in a Conference

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 2, 2000
Type: Press Release

Iran: Fear for Detained Journalist

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 27, 2000
Type: Press Release

Iran Media Crackdown Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 24, 2000
Type: Press Release

Iran Media Crackdown Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 24, 2000
Type: Press Release

Adjournment Welcomed in Trial of Iranian Jews

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 12, 2000
Type: Press Release

Trial of Iranian Jews Should be Postponed

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: April 12, 2000
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 1999

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2000
Type: Report

Iranian Editor on Trial

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 9, 1999
Type: Press Release

Iran Must Give Legal Protection to Press Freedom

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 11, 1999
Type: Press Release

As Fragile as a Crystal Glass: Press Freedom in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: October 1, 1999
Type: Report

Iran: Revolutionary Court Death Sentences Condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 13, 1999
Type: Press Release

Academic Leaders Speak Out in Defense of Embattled Iranian Scholar

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 6, 1999
Type: Press Release

Iran: Grant Jewish Prisoners Their Rights

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 1, 1999
Type: Press Release

Iran Threatens Revolutionary Court Trials for "Incitement"

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: August 2, 1999
Type: Press Release

New Arrests And "Disappearances" of Iranian Students

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 29, 1999
Type: Press Release

Assault on Independent Press in Iran Intensifies

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 27, 1999
Type: Press Release

Identities of Iran Detainees Must Be Public

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 18, 1999
Type: Press Release

Assault on Iranian students condemned

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 12, 1999
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 1998

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1999
Type: Report

Iranian Writer Escapes Possible Murder Attempt

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 15, 1998
Type: Press Release

Another Missing Iranian Writer Dead Under Suspicious Circumstances

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: December 8, 1998
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Deplores Pattern of Harassment and Killing of Opposition Figures in Iran

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: November 24, 1998
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Condemns Detention of an Iranian Dissident

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: September 8, 1998
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Condemns Arrest Of Iranian Legal Scholar

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 29, 1998
Type: Press Release

Human Rights Watch Condemns Killing Of Iranian Civilians

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: June 2, 1998
Type: Press Release

Speaker of Iranian Parliament Asked to Condemn Comments Endangering Woman Lawyers

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: May 18, 1998
Type: Press Release

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 1997

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1998
Type: Report

Human Rights Watch Charges Iranian Government with Harassment and Arbitrary Restrictions on the Rights of Prominent Iranian Scholar

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: July 21, 1997
Type: Press Release

IRAN, POWER VERSUS CHOICE

Author: Elaheh Hicks
Published: March 1996
Type: Report

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 1996

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1996
Type: Report

IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS, 1995

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1995
Type: Report

Iran: Human Rights Developments, 1994

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1994
Type: Report

GUARDIANS OF THOUGHT, LIMITS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN IRAN

Author: Sarvenaz Bahar
Published: August 1, 1993
Type: Report

In this report, which covers primarily the period 1989-1993, Middle east Watch examines the various mechanisms of state control of expression and presents more than sixty individual cases (and one group case involving 162 persons) of Iranian writers, filmmakers, journalists and intellectuals who have been imprisoned, prosecuted or otherwise punished for the content of their work or whose work has been banned and censored. The breadth of censorship goes well beyond the cases examined here; these only serve to illustrate tactics of direct and often violent pressure by vigilante groups, of vilification campaigns, of formal censorship, and of the power play between different pressure groups within the ruling elite. The report's focus in on artistic and journalistic expression, but we also include material on some well-known cases of suppressed political expression, Also included are general assessments of the academic environment and Iranian cultural heritage.

IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS, 1993

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1993
Type: Report

IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS, 1992

Author: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1992
Type: Report

IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS, 1990

Author: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Published: 1990
Type: Report


  		 

The library's collections

► Iran's Pro-democracy Voices
The Islamic Republic of Iran's Crimes Against Humanity
► Human Rights Instruments
► Human Rights Debate
▼ International Human Rights Organizations' Reports on Human Rights Abuses in Iran
► National Human Rights Organizations' Reports on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran
► The Islamic Republic against Human Rights
► Cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Official Documents
► Testimonies of Victims and Perpetrators of Human Rights Abuses in Iran
► The Idea of Democracy
► History
Iran in Perspective

 

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