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‘A new wave of repression’: fears for Iran’s political prisoners after Israel war

Families report ‘horrific’ conditions in jails and fear executions may be hastened as part of broader crackdown

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

Fears grow that woman arrested for undressing in Iran could be tortured in psychiatric unit

Protesters and political prisoners are being drugged, tortured and beaten in state-run institutions, say rights groups

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024

Fears grow for women’s rights activists jailed in Iran after 87 executions in one month

Prisoners including Nobel prize winner Narges Mohammadi were reportedly beaten for protesting against a recent execution

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024

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Rapper Held in Iran Protests Needs 'Urgent' Treatment

A rapper arrested in October on capital charges in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests needs urgent medical treatment, a rights group said Thursday, urging an international campaign for his release. The New-York based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) also said Toomaj Salehi was being deprived of his right…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 7, 2023

Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team’s World Cup exit

Mehran Samak was killed by security forces after honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat to US, human rights groups say

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

Fame No Shield from ‘Frightening’ Iran Arrest Wave

An international footballer, an influential tech-blogger, a woman who was merely eating her breakfast without a headscarf. In Iran no-one who expresses dissent from the ruling theocratic system, including the famous, is safe from being caught in the dragnet of a crackdown that has seen hundreds arrested in more than…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 10, 2022

Iran stages pro-hijab rallies to counter protests

Thousands of people demonstrated across Iran on Friday at government-backed pro-hijab rallies, after a week of bloody protests over the death of a woman arrested for “improperly” wearing the Islamic headscarf.

Bangkok Post · Sep 23, 2022

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Now, 8 Maharashtra jails for transgender inmates

MUMBAI: Five more Central jails in Maharashtra have been identified by the prison department for housing transgender inmates. At present, transgender persons apprehended from any part of the state are brought to three prisons - Thane, Yeravada and Nashik - and are kept in cells separate from male and female…

The Times of India · Aug 9, 2022

FCRA registration of human rights NGO cancelled

CHRI is an international NGO that works for human rights in Commonwealth countries

The Hindu · Apr 25, 2022

Delhi High Court upholds suspension of FCRA nod for rights body

MHA had cited several violations of the Act by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

The Hindu · Feb 15, 2022

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