Publications
Iranian state media bosses challenge EU human rights sanctions despite “undeniable evidence”
Justice for Iran (JFI) – 1 May 2015: The European Court of Justice will be hearing an official complaint by two of the most senior figures in Iran’s state media who […]
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Iran indicates a move toward ending anti-LGBT torture
19 March 2015 – Justice for Iran (JFI) & Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang) welcome the decision by the Islamic Republic of Iran to accept 139 of the 291 […]
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36 Human Rights Organizations Urge Member States to Vote Yes to Defend Human Rights in Iran
Justice For Iran,March 12, 2015: With the 28th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on its way, 36 NGOs are urging the UNHRC Member States to support […]
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Rights groups call on UN experts to intervene on behalf of a Kurdish woman activist on the seventh anniversary of her arrest on Women’s Day
London, 8 March 2015 – In a petition filed this week, REDRESS and Justice for Iran have urged the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene on behalf of […]
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11 NGOs urge UN experts to intervene in the environmental crisis in southwestern Iran
Justice for Iran- 17 February 2015: Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Mr. John Knox, UN Independent Expert on the issue of human rights […]
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Sanctioned Perpetrator Holds Iranian Facebook User on Death Row
Justice for Iran (JFI) | 23 January 2015- Soheil Arabi, a 29 year old Iranian citizen, who has been sentenced to death for ‘insulting the Prophet’ in his Facebook activities, […]
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Arrested for her Art, Punished for Speaking Out Against her Jailers
Justice For Iran – 20January 2015: Atena Farghadani is a 28-year-old Iranian painter and civil activist who expresses her opinions through works of art. Atena was first brought […]
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Rights Groups Urge Iranian Authorities to Address Month-Long Hunger Strike of Kurdish Political Prisoners
Iranian authorities must immediately respond to the health and security concerns of 27 Kurdish political prisoners on a month-long hunger strike in Orumiyeh, said 22 human rights organizations today. These […]
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JFI Requests ILO to Withdraw the Bill against Women’s Right to Work
25 November 2014 | Justice for Iran (JFI) is presenting submissions focused on the Comprehensive Population and Family Excellence Plan (bill) under consideration by the Islamic Republic parliament, to two divisions […]
Read moreUnder Review: Girls and Women’s Right in Iran
During the first cycle of UPR on Iran, the Islamic Republic accepted at least ten recommendations that directly address the State’s duty to protect women and girls’ right to free […]
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