Source: news.bahai.org BIC GENEVA — The Baha’i International Community has expressed its condolences for the passing of Asma Jahangir, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran and greatly-admired champion of the dignity…
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UN Expert Concerned at Condition of Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org GENEVA (31 August 2017)- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir, today expressed her deep concern about the situation of a number of prisoners who have been…
In the Last Two Days, at Least Six Baha’is Have Been Arrested in Iran
Source: www.radiofarda.com Translation by Iran Press Watch July 05, 2017 According to reports from Iran, at least six Baha’is have been arrested in Gorgan, Kashan and Shiraz in the last two days. In Kashan, two Baha’is,…
UN Rights Monitor Highlights Political Repression, Abuse, Executions In Iran
Source: www.rferl.org Reformists in Iran are under pressure, detainees face torture and abuse, and people are being executed at an “alarming” rate, a UN monitor studying human rights in the tightly controlled country says. The bleak…
March 2017 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source: iransr.org 07/03/2017 Dr. Jahangir’s Work, Reports The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to resolution 31/19. The report communicates developments in the human rights situation of the Islamic Republic of Iran…