The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Iranian authorities to release journalist Abdolreza Tajik who has been in detention for 50 days without being charged. His family claims he has been ill treated in jail.

“The failure to produce evidence that he has broken the law and the fears that he is being abused in jail should be enough to indicate that there is a terrible injustice here,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “If there is no case to answer he should be freed immediately and all the allegations of ill treatment must be investigated.”

According to media sources Tajik was arrested more than a month ago. No reason for his arrest has been announced. He has since complained to the head of the judiciary about his degrading treatment during interrogation. The family also claims that Tajik, who has been arrested three times since the June 2009 controversial elections in Iran, is being denied contact with them, his lawyer and with doctors.

HRW (New York) - The Iranian Judiciary should provide urgent medical care to Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand and free him from his unfair detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Kaboudvand, a leading advocate of Kurdish rights in Iran, is serving an 11-year sentence on politically motivated charges. He suffered what may have been a stroke on July 15, 2010, and his family says he is not getting the medical attention he needs.

Jul 4, 2010
United Nations, Jul 3 (PTI) After intense negotiations stretching four years, the UN General Assembly has approved setting up of a single entity within the world body to promote equality for women at its plenary session chaired by Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur.
The establishment of this new composite UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, which is to be known as ‘UN Women’, brings together as many as four women-related agencies of the world body.
The move, which meets a longstanding demand, came last night after four years of intense and difficult political negotiations.
“The newest member of the UN family has been born,” Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, told the Assembly after it passed the resolution establishing the new UN entity.
“This is truly a watershed day,” he declared.

Source: Press Trust of India

Jun 27, 2010
G8 leaders pressed Iran for more transparency in its nuclear activities as well as urging it to respect the rule of law and freedom of expression for its citizens.
In their summit, G8 leaders expressed concern over the expansion of nuclear weapons and referred to Iran and North Korea as the main sources of threat in this respect.
In a communiqué, the eight industrial powers who are meeting in Canada this weekend announced: “We are profoundly concerned by Iran’s continued lack of transparency regarding its nuclear activities and its stated intention to continue and expand enriching uranium, including to nearly 20 percent.”
The leaders of eight rich nations called on Iran to meet its “international obligations” and to respect the sanctions approved by the UN.

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According to a report from the Turkish Newspaper Sabah and based on the confessions of a former Segeant who had previously worked in the Information Section of Security Police Forces of the city of Hakkâri* in the area of Yüksekova, they had killed fourty refugees while escaping (as traffickers) from the Iran-Turkey border and buried them  all in one grave.

(April, 1, 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called on the Iranian Judiciary to immediately release five members of the Al-Yasin Society who have been detained without explanation or justification during the past few months.
The detainees are Peyman Fatahi, Nazi Hesami, Morteza Rasoolian, Mitra Haji Najafi, and Aliyar Nik-Farman. They are reportedly held in section 209 of Evin prison, which is under the control of the Intelligence Ministry.

According to the Society’s spokeswoman abroad, Yalda Noorshahi, the organization is active in promoting the spiritual and cultural teachings of Peyman Fatahi. The Campaign believes the detainees are imprisoned solely based on their opinions and beliefs.

FIDH

International Federation for human rights 

Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran  

Briefing note - February 2009 

 The human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has remained particularly dire throughout 2008 and during the first two months of 2009, confirming the pattern of widespread and systematic violations in the country. This poor record is confirmed in all fields, in particular the situation of human rights defenders and other peaceful activists, the repression against minorities and the use of the death penalty.

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2.Crackdown against religious and ethnic minorities

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. The religious group Aleyasin advocating in favour of religious pluralism has been constantly under pressure by the authorities; its leader Peyman Fatahi, 35 years old, was detained in Evin prison for six months in 2007, and he was re-arrested on January 14th, 2009 and is currently detained in the block 209 of the same prison. Five members of the group, Ms. Nazi Hessami, Messr. Morteza Rasoulian, Saïd Sourati, Hamid Sourati and Farhad Moradi were arrested. ...

International Federation for Human Rights

FIDH - International Secretariat

Asia Desk

U.S. Department of state

Human Rights Report: Iran*

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

February 25, 2009

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On December 18, for the sixth consecutive year, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution on Iran expressing "deep concern at ongoing systematic violations of human rights."

RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:

a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life

There were reports that the government and its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings.

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