At its 117th session, the Working Group decided to transmit 261 newly reported cases of enforced disappearance to 19 States: Algeria (13), Bangladesh (1), Burundi (12), China (1), Democratic People’s…
tehranMay 20, 2019
Following Iranian human rights defender Jafar Behkish’s complaint about the fate of his six family members who had been extra-judicially executed during the 1980s, the United Nations Working Group recognised…
labadminMarch 27, 2019
The Mothers of Khavaran make weekly visits to the mass graves at Khavaran cemetery in Tehran. Help them preserve the historical memories of Iran's 1988 Massacre and the political prisoners…
labadminMarch 15, 2019
On 7 March 2019, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi to head Iran's judiciary.
labadminMarch 8, 2019
The United States and rights activists are criticizing Iran for selecting as its new judiciary chief a conservative cleric allegedly involved in mass executions of dissidents in the 1980s.
labadminMarch 6, 2019
