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1988 Massacre

UN urged to open query into Iran’s 1988 killings and Raisi role

Reuters     |     By Stephanie Nebehay     |     Jan. 27, 2022 GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prominent former U.N. judges and investigators have called on U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet to investigate the 1988 "massacre" of political prisoners in Iran,

February 1, 2022
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Reverse a Pattern of Appeasement by Arresting Iran’s Genocidal President

Sir David Amess’ Last Article Calls for Reversing a Pattern of Appeasement by Arresting Iran’s Genocidal President On October 15, the world was shocked to hear about the assassination of Sir David Amess. Sir David was a staunch advocate of human rights. As a member of

October 18, 2021
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1988 Massacre

‘I chose beatings over solitary confinement’

‘I chose beatings over solitary confinement’ this is what it was like to be locked up in prison in Tehran Yahoo News     |     Mostafa Naderi     |     10 September 2021 Last week, leaked surveillance footage showed shocking abuses of prisoners in Iran’s Evin prison. Watching the videos reminded me of my years

September 12, 2021
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1988 Massacre

Murder Trial in Sweden Could Shine Unsavory Light on Iran’s New President

Nearly 3,000 miles from Tehran where mass executions were carried out in 1988, a murder trial in Sweden could produce new revelations that complicate life for Iran’s president-elect. New York Times     |     By Farnaz Fassihi     |     July 30, 2021 He was a 28-year-old student and member of a

August 13, 2021
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1988 Massacre, Human Rights

Thousands of tormented families still waiting for justice

Amnesty International    |   July 1, 2019 Iran: mass secret killings of political dissidents in 1988 Between late July and September 1988, the Iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially executed thousands of prisoners for their political opinions and dumped their bodies in unmarked individual and mass graves. Minimum

July 3, 2019
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1988 Massacre, Human Rights

The crisis of impunity resulting from Iran’s ongoing crimes against humanity

Amnesty International's written statement to the 40th session of the Human Rights Council (25 February – 22 March 2019) AI Index: MDE 13/9828/2019   -  11 February 2019 Amnesty International urges all states to renew and support the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights

May 4, 2019
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