by admin_HRWF | Oct 21, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Fred Petrossian Article18 (08.10.2020) – https://bit.ly/31vFa25 – Christian convert Mary Mohammadi is among 12 female current and former prisoners of conscience interviewed as part of a new book on “white torture” inside Iran’s prisons. ...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 13, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Eight Baha’is begin prison sentence Hrana/ Sen’s Daily (28.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/3jMEpZG – Eight Bahais from Birjand have been given ten days to report to prison to begin serving their sentences. They are Atieh Saaleh, Nasrin Qadiri, Banafsheh...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 24, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Article18 (23.09.2020) – https://bit.ly/2RTy7Lt – An Iranian woman convert to Christianity detained since her arrest at the end of June has finally been released on a reduced bail. Article18 understands that Malihe Nazari, who is 46 years old, was...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 22, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
62% of Iranian LGBTI experience one or more forms of violence perpetuated by their immediate family; nearly 30% of them experience sexual violence and more than 77% of them physical violence; close to 38% of them are under pressure for forced marriage. 6Rang...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 17, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
– HRWF (17.09.2020) – In June 2020, the Group for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in IRAN (GAMAAN), conducted an online survey with the collaboration of Ladan Boroumand, co-founder of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran. The...