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Iran Iran: Detained Students May Face Torture Authorities Should Investigate Allegations of Abuse Iranian authorities should immediately investigate allegations that Ministry of Information agents and interrogators tortured four detained student activists, and punish officials involved in such abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. According to sources familiar with the case, the students have suffered physical and psychological abuse during detention. Three students remain imprisoned, and the whereabouts of the fourth detainee, taken from his hospital bed on April 5, are unknown. April 10, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version The issue is torture By Scott Long, Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program Published in Guardian Unlimited When talking about Iranian asylum seekers, activists should be careful not to play the Home Office's game March 31, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Iran: Private Homes Raided for ‘Immorality’ Authorities Escalate Arbitrary Arrests, Harassment The arrest of more than 30 men attending a party in a private home in the city of Esfahan signals renewed efforts by Iranian authorities to enforce “morality” codes, and highlights the fragility of basic rights in a country where police powers routinely undermine privacy, Human Rights Watch said today. March 28, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Reformist Candidates Barred From Election Iran’s exclusionary process of vetting candidates for the March 14 parliamentary elections violates the principles of a free and fair election, Human Rights Watch said today. The widespread disqualifications of candidates, most from reformist factions, show that authorities are rejecting candidates on politically motivated grounds. March 13, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Urging the Organisation to Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism Human Rights Watch writes to urge Dr. Ihsanoglu to use his position as Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to support measures at the upcoming Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 13-14 that would improve and strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism. In particular, we urge the OIC to consider two amendments to the Convention in order to narrow its overbroad definition of terrorism and to make absolutely clear that there is no sanction in Islam for deliberately attacking civilians, whatever the circumstances or justifications. March 11, 2008 Letter Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: Action Needed Against Unproven HIV/AIDS Treatments The United Nations and its member states are failing to address serious threats to life and health posed by the promotion of unproven AIDS “cures” and by counterfeit antiretroviral drugs, Human Rights Watch said today. February 28, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Iran: Kurdish Teacher Tortured, Sentenced to Death The Iranian judiciary should revoke the death sentence of Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar, Human Rights Watch said today. Kamangar was active in a number of civil society organizations. February 27, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Halt Execution of Juvenile Offender The head of Iran’s judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi, should immediately order a stay of execution for Mohammad Reza Haddadi, who was sentenced to death for a crime that he allegedly committed at the age of 15, Human Rights Watch said today. February 22, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Judiciary Must Prevent Imminent Executions by Stoning Revoke Sentences, End This Cruel and Inhuman Punishment The head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahrudi, should immediately revoke the sentences of death by stoning imposed on three persons convicted of adultery, Human Rights Watch said today. In separate cases, two sisters from the town of Shahriar in Tehran Province and a man from the town of Sari in the province of Mazandaran, are all at imminent risk of execution. February 6, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Investigate Detention Deaths Two Alleged Prison Suicides Raise Suspicion Iranian authorities should investigate the sudden deaths of two people while in custody in northwestern Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. January 18, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: End Widespread Crackdown on Civil Society Vague Security Laws Sharply Restrict Peaceful Dissent The Iranian government is relying on its broadly worded “security laws” to suppress virtually any public expression of dissent, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. It uses these laws to subject those arrested to prolonged incommunicado detention without charge, solitary confinement, and denial of access to counsel. January 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version “You Can Detain Anyone for Anything” Iran’s Broadening Clampdown on Independent Activism This 51-page report documents the expansion in scope and number of the individuals and activities persecuted by the Iranian government over the last two years. HRW Index No.: E2001 January 7, 2008 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 240 KB, 53 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Iran: Release Women’s Rights Activists Immediately Government Should Drop All Charges, End Harassment Iran should drop politically motivated charges against two women’s rights activists facing trial this week because of their participation in a peaceful protest, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should release Jelveh Javahari and Maryam Hosseinkhah without delay. December 17, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Prevent Execution of Juvenile Offender Prisoner Convicted on Recanted Testimony Now Faces Death The Iranian government should prevent the execution of Makwan Mouloudzadeh, who was sentenced to death for crimes allegedly committed when he was aged 13, Human Rights Watch said today. Court authorities in the city of Kermanshah should follow the recent order by the head of the Judiciary to allow judicial review of the case. December 5, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Guarantee protections for HIV patients Human Rights Watch writes to express concern and request more information regarding clinical trials and treatment plans involving the newly discovered Iranian HIV/AIDS drug IMOD. November 28, 2007 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Suspend Heavy Sentence for Women’s Rights Activist Government Detains More Activists and Students in Extended Sweep The head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Shahrudi, should suspend a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence upheld this week against women’s rights activist Delaram Ali, Human Rights Watch said today. Such a step is permitted under Iranian law. The government should also release at least 14 other students and activists it has detained for their participation in peaceful demonstrations and campaigns. November 10, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to Representatives Lowey and Wolf on US foreign operations funding In this letter to the chair and ranking member of the US House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Human Rights Watch identifies Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, and reproductive health as key concerns for the 2008 State and Foreign Operations bill. November 7, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Iran: Revoke Death Sentence in Juvenile Case Dubious Conviction Based on Recanted Testimony Requires Re-Trial Iranian authorities should immediately prevent the execution of Makwan Mouloudzadeh and commute his death sentence, Human Rights Watch said today. Mouloudzadeh, 20, was sentenced to death in May by a court ruling on questionable evidence for a crime supposedly committed when he was a 13-year-old child. November 3, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Release Leading Defender of Prisoners’ Rights Emadeddin Baghi Jailed Under Politically Motivated Charges Iranian authorities should immediately release prominent human rights defender Emadeddin Baghi and drop the politically motivated charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today. October 16, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Charge or Release Iranian-American Still in Detention The Iranian government should immediately release Ali Shakeri, an Iranian-American held in detention for more than four months without charge, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also expressed concern that the Iranian authorities have denied basic due process rights to Shakeri and to four Iranian student journalists. September 22, 2007 Press Release Also available in
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