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Iran's appalling human rights record Jan-Dec 2009
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An Analysis of the Human Rights Situation in Iran:

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Report of the UN Secretary General
Nov 08, 2008 at 06:34 PM

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

United Nations General Assembly - Sixty-third session

The present report, submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/168, is intended to reflect the broader patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of that country’s international treaty obligations and the observations made by treaty monitoring bodies and the special procedures of the Human Rights Council. While the report focuses especially of the concerns identified in the resolution, it also includes a section on economic, social and cultural rights in order to present a picture of the entire spectrum of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Many female students among 3,000 in protest
Jun 09, 2008 at 03:49 AM

Image More than 3,000 students in sit-in and hunger strike at Teachers' Training School

Hundreds of students at Teacher's Training School in Pardis district of Karaj, west of Tehran, have started a sit-in and hunger strike in protest against pressures by the school administration and well fair shortcomings. There have been a noticeable number of girls participating in this protest.
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Women, Students & Labor Activists targeted
Apr 09, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Iranian authorities marked the arrival of the Persian New Year with an extensive campaign of summonses and detentions of social and labor activists.

On April 8, security forces detained Khadijeh Moghadam, a women’s rights activist, at her home in Tehran.  Two members of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburban Bus Company were questioned by the Revolutionary Courton the same day. Shiraz University’s Disciplinary Committee also summoned 30 students for their participation in peaceful protests in March.
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