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Dutch Parliament to hold secret talks with MPs, apologists of Iran’s human rights abuses
June 10, 2019—Justice for Iran has received news about a closed-door meeting to be held on Wednesday, 12 June 2019, between three Iranian MPs and several members of the Dutch […]
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Iran: Release Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
Behind Bars Unjustly Since 2009, Eligible for Release in 2017 May 20, 2019—Iran must end the cruel and unlawful imprisonment of Maryam Akbari-Monfared, who has already served nearly ten years […]
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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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