The following is a roundup of the human rights situation in Iran for the month of November 2020, based on information from activists and state media, collected by Iran ...
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Evin Prison – Involved In
Elderly Iranian journalist begins prison term over protest coverage
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is urging Iran to cease jailing members of the press for their work after a 72-year-old journalist began a three-year prison sentence over ...
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German-Iranian mother facing human rights abuse at hands of Iran
A German woman fighting to free her 66-year-old mother from an Iranian prison has pleaded with Germany to “end the human rights abuse” and intervene in the case.
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Do not let Iran get away with hostage-taking
One year ago today, I was released from Iran as an American hostage in a prisoner swap. I went to Tehran in 2016 with little knowledge of its contemporary ...
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Iranian Authorities Go After More Members of Writers Association
In yet another blow to the Iranian Writers Association, an independent group formed in Iran in 1968 to fight state censorship that is now banned, the authorities in Iran ...
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Human Rights Situation in November 2020
At the beginning of every new month, Iran Human Rights Monitor produces a report into the dire situation of human rights in Iran and we summarise it. As always, ...
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