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Restrictions and punishments in the Islamic Republic of Iran which violate international human rights norms include harsh penalties for crimes, punishment of victimless crimes such as fornication and homosexuality, execution of offenders under 18 years of age, restrictions on freedom of speech and the press (including the imprisonment of ...
Feb 7, 2023 · In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 49/24 the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran examines the current human rights concerns in the country, with a focus on the events leading up to and since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022. The Special Rapporteur draws conclusions and makes ...
The overall human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report focuses on developments since the onset of nation-wide protests following the death of 22 ...
On October 25, the UN special rapporteur (UNSR) on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, told the UN General Assembly that almost all executions in the country constituted an arbitrary deprivation of life, noting “extensive, vague and arbitrary grounds in Iran for imposing the death sentence, which ...
As reported by Shargh newspaper, based on official statistics, at least 165 women in Iran were killed by male family members between March 2021 and the end of June 2023, an average of 1 such ...
An unprecedented popular uprising rocked Iran from September, with people calling for an end to the Islamic Republic system. Protests were ongoing at the end of the year. In March, the UN Human Rights Council renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran. In November, the
Iran 2023. In the aftermath of the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, authorities further suppressed the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and intensified their crackdown on women and girls defying compulsory veiling laws. Security forces crushed protests using unlawful force and mass arrests.
