Human Rights

On 14 July 2017, a group of people and activists from Urmia region formed a human chain around the lake to demand its protection,  despite the security forces’ intervention.  The drying level of the Lake Urmia has been gradually escalating since the early 2000s due to Tehran’s policies and global …

IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS (MARCH 13, 2018): The 10th annual report on the death penalty in Iran by Iran Human Rights (IHR) and ECPM shows that in 2017 at least 517 people were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This number is comparable with the execution figures in 2016 and confirms …

Vali-Allah Taghizadeh the  South Azerbaijani prisoner from Ardabil went on hunger strike from Feb 14, 2018, to protest the lengthy process of examining his lawsuit. He has been in Tabriz central prison for more than 12 years. He has been lost at least 22 kilograms weight and continues to strike. It …

This time of year, we remember the Holocaust – the genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and sadly, many other places. We remember the faces of the victims and the stories so horrible that hearing them can make one feel sick. And with all this to remember, there are still  tragedies …

On Dec. 27, Vida Movahed stood bareheaded on a utility box on one of Tehran’s busiest thoroughfares, waving her white head scarf on a stick. Within days, images of the 31-year-old, who was detained and then released a few weeks later, had become an iconic symbol. In the weeks since Ms. …