GENEVA (19 September 2023) – Iran has escalated its crackdown on dissent to prevent public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody last year, UN experts* warned today,…Continue reading Iran: UN experts denounce crackdown on public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death
GENEVA (8 December 2022) – UN experts today condemned today’s execution of a 23-year-old demonstrator convicted in the context of nation-wide protests and raised the alarm about Iranian artists charged…Continue reading Iran: UN experts condemn execution of protestor, raise alarm about detained artists
GENEVA (11 November 2022) — UN experts* today urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participation, or alleged participation, in peaceful demonstrations. Eight people…Continue reading Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death
An alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons” GENEVA (26 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* condemned…Continue reading Iran: Crackdown on peaceful protests needs independent international investigation
GENEVA (22 September 2022) – UN experts* today strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran’s…Continue reading Iran: Un experts demand accountability for death of Mahsa Amini, call for end to violence against women
GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, including members of workers’ unions and teachers arrested…Continue reading Iran: UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown
