Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A group of 14 human rights organisations has issued a joint statement condemning the recent widespread wave of arrests in the Ahwaz Region (Khuzestan). The statement calls on the United Nations and the global human rights community to demand the immediate release of the detainees and to hold the Iranian authorities accountable for ongoing rights violations, including the suppression of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly...

In a unified call, 82 Iranian and international human rights groups have urged the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to make any cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran against drug trafficking conditional on a total halt to drug-related executions, citing potential dire consequences if action is not taken. The joint statement emphasized: "The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC)...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network - HRANA – Fourteen Human rights organizations released a joint statement, expressing deep concern about the dire condition of political prisoner Afshin Sohrabzadeh, who is dealing with cancer and illness in Minab prison, where he was exiled. The undersigned organizations highlighted the lack of medical attention threatening Afshin Sohrabzadeh’s life and demanded that the Iranian authorities allow for a just...