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This category contains sites relating to human rights issues in Iran. This includes links to sites for

• human rights groups;
• refugee advocacy groups;
• political prisoner support groups;
• articles and publications describing Iranian human rights issues.

Subcategories

• Personal Experiences

Resources in This Category

• Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees

  http://www.farsinet.com/chair/
  Organization of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers. Newsletter, fact sheets and contact information.

• Human Rights Watch - Iran

  https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/iran
  Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country.

• International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

  https://www.iranhumanrights.org/
  Works to gather support for Iranian human rights activists and defenders who are advocating for their civil, political, social, and economic rights within the framework of international treaties and standards that define Iran’s obligations.

• International Federation of Iranian Refugees

  http://www.hambastegi.org/
  Organizes protests supporting Iranian refugees and publishes Hambastegi (Solidarity), a bimonthly publication promoting this mission.

• Iran Briefing

  http://iranbriefing.net/
  Human Rights Violations by the Islamic Republic Guard Corps (IRGC)

• Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

  http://www.iranhrdc.org/
  Human Rights Reports, Legal and Historical Documents Database

• Iranian Refugees Alliance

  http://www.irainc.org/
  Promotes the human rights of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers internationally. Contains many documents issued by various international and national bodies on human rights in Iran.

• Mission for the Establishment of Human Rights in Iran (Mehr Iran)

  http://www.mehr.org/
  Promotes awareness of the human rights situation in Iran through articles, urgent actions and petitions.

• Organization for Defending Victims of Violence

  http://www.odvv.org/
  Tehran-based NGO promoting non-violence and human rights. Weekly news releases, monthly newsletter and feature articles.

• Solidarity for Democracy and Human Rights in Iran

  http://www.hambastegi-iran.org/
  An underground political organisation based in Iran, working towards secular democracy, justice, freedom and human rights for all Iranians.

• Stoning to Death in Iran

  http://www.iran-e-azad.org/stoning/
  Information about the practice of stoning in Iran, including excerpts from the Islamic regime's penal code and a case study of the stoning of Iranian women. Also features a video of four individuals being stoned in the presence of high ranking officials of Iran's judiciary. Warning: this video is graphic and very disturbing.

• Trial of Iranian Jews Should be Postponed

  https://www.hrw.org/news/2000/04/12/trial-iranian-jews-should-be-postponed
  Human Rights Watch today urged officials presiding over the trial of thirteen Iranian Jews to make public the official charges against the defendants.

• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Iran

  http://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/asiaregion/pages/irindex.aspx
  Links to United Nations resolutions relating to Iran, reports of the Special Representative on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, press releases, statements and other documents.

• US State Department - 1996 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1996_hrp_report/iran.html
  1996 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 1997 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/iran.html
  1997 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 1998 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/iran.html
  1998 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 1999 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1999_hrp_report/iran.html
  1999 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2000 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/786.htm
  2000 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2001 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8251.htm
  2001 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2002 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18276.htm
  2002 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2003 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27927.htm
  2003 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2005 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41721.htm
  2005 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2006 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78852.htm
  2006 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2007 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100595.htm
  2007 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2008 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/nea/119115.htm
  2008 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

• US State Department - 2009 Human Rights Report: Iran

  http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/nea/136068.htm
  2009 report on the current status of human rights practices including human freedoms, civil liberties, political rights, international investigations, discrimination, worker rights, child labor and working conditions.

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