Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Women dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown The Guardian (24.04.2024) – Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious issues and persecution – Monthly Digest April Christians ‘Former prisoner charged again with ‘propaganda against the state’ Article 18 – (24.04.2024) – A house-church member who served four months in prison in 2019 for “propaganda against the...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest March Christians Christian convert baptised in Malaysia given prison sentence on return to Iran Article 18 (26.03.2024) – A Christian convert who was baptised in a church in Malaysia has been sentenced to two...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
IRAN: More than 30 Baha’i graves razed by Iranian authorities at Tehran mass gravesite BIC (05.03.2024)— More than 30 new graves of deceased Baha’is at a Tehran mass grave have been razed by the Iranian authorities, with grave markers removed, and bulldozers used to...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest February Christians Christian convert released on bail of nearly $40,000 Article 18 (27.02.2024) – A Christian convert detained for three weeks, following his arrest by Ministry of Intelligence agents, has been...