Post Tagged with: "enforced disappearances"
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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Help preserve the historical memory of Khavaran’s mass graves
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 […]
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“PainScapes” added to world map of historical dialogue projects
24 December 2018- “PainScapes; The Underground Map of Mass Graves and Enforced Disappearances in Iran” can now be found at the ‘Historical Dialogue” world map, from Columbia University’s Alliance for […]
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Amnesty International urges justice, reparations for 1988 Prison Massacre victims
6 December 2018- Amnesty International’s new report, “Blood-soaked secrets: Why Iran’s 1988 Prison Massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity,” explains how the many human rights violations perpetrated by the Islamic Republic’s […]
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Amnesty International: Iran must disclose the fates of Ahwazi Arab detainees
14 November 2018- A recent report by Amnesty International (AI) demands that Iranian authorities immediately disclose the fates and whereabouts of detained Ahwazi Arabs. An estimated 600 members of the […]
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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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A Map of Pain, A Map of Resistance
IranWire– The families of executed political prisoners and human rights groups have created an interactive map of mass graves in Iran 30 years on from one of the Islamic […]
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Jafar Behkish: Trying to pierce the Islamic Republic’s quiet impunity
Justice for Iran, 18 September 2018: What happens when a government ignores its citizens’ demands for truth and accountability for nearly forty years? While the Islamic Republic of Iran’s officials […]
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Human Rights Violator: Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Shahrudi
Full Name: Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Shahrudi Biography: Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Shahrudi was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1958. He is a seminary graduate. Positions: Director of “Al-Dirasat Centre” (affiliated […]
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Human Rights Violator: Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
Full Name: Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi Biography: Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi was born in Mashhad during December 1960. He is a seminary graduate. Positions: Assistant Prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Court, 1980 […]
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