Iranian authorities have been executing Kurdish prisoners at an alarming rate. Arseh Sevom joins more than 20 organizations calling for an immediate halt to the execution of Kurdish political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
Thirty-six human rights and civil society organizations call on the UN General Assembly to continue monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi is also a signatory to the letter.
This fact sheet updates the current human rights situation in Iran. According the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, "Iran is the the country in the world with the biggest gap between practice and potential."
Arseh Sevom joins 20 other organizations in calling for the Iranian authorities to address the concerns of 27 Kurdish political prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Orumiyeh.
At the end of October 2014, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will be reviewing Iran's record on human rights and its efforts to improve conditions.
Arseh Sevom joins 18 other groups and individuals calling for a halt to the execution of 33 Sunni Muslim men in Iran and a moratorium on all executions.
The new administration of President Hassan Rouhani has pledged to tackle a range of human rights issues in Iran, by eliminating discrimination against women and ethnic and religious minorities, and ensuring respect for the right to freedom of expression, among other measures. Despite these welcome signals, human rights abuses are deeply rooted in Iran’s laws and policies, many of which pose a serious barrier to the executive branch’s ability to push through much needed rights reforms.