Report: Baluch Youth Zaman Malek Mohammadi Fatally Shot by Security Forces in Sistan and Baluchistan Province (Comments Off on Report: Baluch Youth Zaman Malek Mohammadi Fatally Shot by Security Forces in Sistan and Baluchistan Province)
6/28/19 •
The Baluch people are an ethnic and religious minority group residing in the southeastern regions of Iran. Though no official surveys of their population exist, several million Baluchs are estimated to live in Iran, with significant populations also in neighboring Pakistan and Afghanistan. Sistan & Baluchestan Province is commonly regarded as one of Iran’s poorest […]
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Widespread Protest Met with Beatings, Tear Gas at Iran’s Qarchak Women’s Prison (Comments Off on Widespread Protest Met with Beatings, Tear Gas at Iran’s Qarchak Women’s Prison)
2/08/19 •
Prison guards at Qarchak Women’s Prison in Varamin, Iran have forcibly cracked down on protesting inmates using beatings and tear gas, a family member of one prisoner held at the facility tells Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (ABC). According to the source, inmates – long dissatisfied with poor prison conditions – rose in protest after learning that […]
Extraordinarily High 20 Billion Rial Bail Set for Arrested Members of Ahwazi Arab Family (Comments Off on Extraordinarily High 20 Billion Rial Bail Set for Arrested Members of Ahwazi Arab Family)
12/18/18 •
Iranian courts have set an extraordinarily high cumulative bail amount of 20 billion rials (c. 475,000 USD) for a group of defendants belonging to a single Ahwazi Arab family, reports activist Karim Dahimi. The investigations division of Branch 12 of the Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz set the bail on December 17 as follows for members […]
50 Iranian Lawyers Announce Support for Demonstrating Workers at Haft Tepeh Company (Comments Off on 50 Iranian Lawyers Announce Support for Demonstrating Workers at Haft Tepeh Company)
11/19/18 •
More than 50 Iranian lawyers have declared support for workers at the Haft Tepeh sugar company located near the city of Shush now protesting for wage-related demands, according to the workers’ union’s Telegram channel. The lawyers cite provision 27 of the Iranian Constitution, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Universal Declaration […]
Mass Arrests of Ahwazi Activists Following Shooting Attack on Parade (Comments Off on Mass Arrests of Ahwazi Activists Following Shooting Attack on Parade)
10/31/18 •
Iranian authorities have arrested over 600 Ahwazi Arab activists in the wake of a September 22 shooting attack on a military parade in Khuzestan province, reports activist Karim Dahimi. At least some of the arrests were made without warrants and have been accompanied by excessive use of force, while some detainees have been held incommunicado. […]
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