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Iran Enforcing the International Prohibition on the Juvenile Death Penalty Submission for the Secretary-General's report on a death penalty moratorium Human Rights Watch's submission documents laws and practices resulting in the death penalty against juvenile offenders in the five countries known to have executed juvenile offenders since January 2005: Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen. July 7, 2008 Legal Submissions Printer friendly version Iran: Spare Four Youths From Execution Enforce International Prohibition on Death Penalty for Juvenile Offenders Today 24 international and regional human rights organizations called on Iranian authorities to spare four youths facing execution and to stop imposing the death penalty for crimes committed by juvenile offenders – persons who commit crimes while under the age of 18 – and to uphold their international obligation to enforce the absolute prohibition on the death penalty. July 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Iran: Guarantee Fair Court Hearings for Two Kurdish Women Harsh Sentences May Await Two Rights Activists Iranian judicial authorities should guarantee two Kurdish women’s rights activists transparent court proceedings when their cases come up for a hearing, Human Rights Watch said today. June 23, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Cooperate With UN Rights Bodies HRC Panel to Address Challenges for Activists The Iranian government should cooperate with United Nations human rights bodies in order to address the ongoing abuses in the country, a group of international human rights organizations said today. June 6, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Let Prisoners Get Needed Medical Care Health of Three Men at Risk Iranian authorities should immediately grant three men detained on politically motivated charges access to proper medical care, Human Rights Watch said today. Cleric Ayatollah Kazemi Boroujerdi, journalist and activist Mohammad-Sadiq Kaboudvand, and prominent human rights defender Emad Baghi are in poor health and urgently require specialist medical attention. June 5, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Open letter to President Ahmadinejad on Situation of Baha'i Detainees We are writing to you to express our utmost concern regarding the fate of seven members of the Baha’i community who are currently in prison. June 1, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version 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
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