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UN recognises more enforced disappearances from Iran’s 80s mass executions
27 March 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 […]
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Call to action: Tell Iran to end the harassment of human rights defenders
20 March 2019- Based on a joint communiqué from the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) and Justice for Iran, The Observatory for the Protection of […]
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Over 40 organizations urge UN to continue human rights mission in Iran
16 March 2019- Justice for Iran and 41 other NGOs signed a joint letter on Thursday urging the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to support […]
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Criminal Ebrahim Raisi Appointed as Iran’s Judiciary Chief
On 7 March 2019, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi to head Iran’s judiciary. As a former member of the “Death Commitee,” Raisi played a major role in […]
Read moreUS, rights activists slam Iran’s appointment of new Judiciary Chief
VOA- 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. […]
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Lawyer Mohammad Nayyeri speaks at UN session on business accountability and human rights defenders
28 November 2018- Lawyer Mohammad Nayyeri, Legal Advisor and Project Manager at Justice For Iran, spoke about the role international businesses play in the suppression of human rights defenders in […]
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Forty NGOs sign joint letter to General Assembly urging support for Iran resolution
12 November 2018- Justice for Iran and 39 other civil society organizations have written a letter to the members of the United Nation General Assembly, urging all missions to support resolution […]
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Joint statement from Justice for Iran and 161 other organisations: Hold Saudi Arabia accountable for suppressing dissenters
October 27, 2018: In a joint statement published on 26 October, Justice for Iran and over 160 civil society organisations called on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s authorities to produce […]
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Justice for Iran complains to UN on four Kurdish victims of enforced disappearance
10 October 2018– On this World Day Against the Death Penalty, Justice for Iran is submitting complaints to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), regarding the […]
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New evidence reveals deliberate desecration and destruction of multiple mass grave sites in Iran
30 April 2018: New evidence including satellite imagery, photo and video analysis show that the Iranian authorities are deliberately destroying suspected or confirmed mass grave sites associated with the 1988 […]
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