IRAN CAMPAIGNS
Iran: Temporary release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh | Updates
04/12/2020
UPDATE: On 1 December 2020, Nasrin Sotoudeh was ordered back to prison despite ongoing health concerns. UPDATE: In October 2020, a new film was released focusing on the work of Nasrin Sotoudeh. A virtual screening of the film is to be held Monday, November 30th at 12:00 pm EST, hosted by the … [Read more...]
Iran: Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Sent Back to Prison | Joint Statement
04/12/2020
Full PDF (ENG) We, the undersigned 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, stand in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government for carrying … [Read more...]
Yemen conflict: Cease arms transfers by Canada, France, Iran, US & UK | Oral video statement to UN Human Rights Council
29/09/2020
Full text of the oral video statement (.pdf) (ENG) Full oral video statement Full Interactive Dialogue with the Group of Experts on Yemen Video Intervention: Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 2: Interactive Dialogue, Group of Experts on … [Read more...]
Turkey and Iran: Oral Statement to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) | Joint video statement
21/09/2020
Full PDF Statement (ENG) See the oral video statement as seen at the UN Human Rights Council (at 1:36:50) See the full Interactive Dialogue with the WGAD NGOs in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Video Intervention: Check against … [Read more...]
Iran: Continued Detention and Deteriorating Health of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amirsalar Davoodi | Joint Letter
16/09/2020
Full PDF (ENG) BY PRIORITY AIRMAIL His Excellency Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Office of the Supreme Leader Tehran Province, Tehran, District 11, Islamic Republic of Iran Amsterdam, 15 September 2020 Your Excellency, Lawyers for … [Read more...]
US: Call to Immediately Lift US Sanctions Against Iran and Venezuela | Letter
09/04/2020
Full PDF (ENG) / Full PDF (SPA) 218 human rights groups and individuals call on the United States to immediately lift US sanctions against Iran and Venezuela and to keep the sanctions suspended or cancelled at least until the World Health Organization declares each country free of COVID-19. 17 … [Read more...]
Iran: Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh: Release and quash sentences | Letter
13/03/2019
Full .pdf letter 13 March 2019 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei Office of the Supreme Leader Islamic Republic of Iran Shahid Keshvardoost Street Jomhuri Eslami Avenue Tehran, Iran Fax: + 98 21 441 2030 Email: info_leader@leader.ir President Hassan Rouhani Islamic … [Read more...]
Iran: Oral statement, Human Rights Council 40th session: Arbitrary detention of lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh
12/03/2019
Full .pdf statement Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 4: General Debate Date: 12 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), NGO in special … [Read more...]
Iran: Oral Statement to the Human Rights Council: Ongoing and Intensified Wrongful Treatment of Lawyers in the Islamic Republic of Iran
12/03/2019
Full .pdf Statement Video Stream Available (Chapter 23, 00:44:58) Check against delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Iem 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran Date: 11 March 2019 Speaker: Ms. Hélène Ramos dos Santos Oral … [Read more...]
Iran: Abdolfattah Soltani freed after 10 years of wrongful imprisonment | News
23/11/2018
Abdolfattah Soltani Photo Credit: Center for Human Rights in Iran November 21 2018 Abdolfattah Soltani freed after 10 years of wrongful imprisonment. Read more about LRWC Successes … [Read more...]
