Press Releases (Shaheed)

GENEVA (7 October 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed  today called on the Islamic Republic of Iran for

GENEVA (29 August 2016) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, has expressed

GENEVA (26 August 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed,

GENEVA (8 June 2016) – Two United Nations human rights experts today said that the current wave of incitement of

GENEVA (20 May 2016) – A group of United Nations experts expressed outrage today at the recent conviction and sentencing

GENEVA (27 April 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today warned that over a dozen political

GENEVA (14 March 2016) – The United Nations the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic

GENEVA (19 January 2016) – United Nations human rights experts today welcomed the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s

GENEVA (11 November 2015) – The authorities in Iran should stop arresting, prosecuting and harassing journalists and online activists, and

16 October 2015 – United Nations human rights experts today expressed their outrage and profound sadness at the execution of

GENEVA (15 July 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed today called on the Government of the Islamic Republic

GENEVA (5 June 2015) – The detention of journalists and human rights defenders weakens the protection of human rights of

Ahmed Shaheed and Christof Heyns, urge the Islamic Republic to halt execution of Saman Naseem.

GENEVA (4 September 2014) – Three United Nations experts on human rights in Iran , freedom of religion, and minority

GENEVA (8 August 2014) – United Nations human rights experts* today expressed grave concern over the recent escalating trend of arrest and sentencing of individuals exercising their rights to freedom of expression and opinion, peaceful assembly and association.

GENEVA (5 June 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* expressed outrage at the execution of political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani on 1 June and urged the Government to put an end to executions once and for all.

Mr. Khosravi was arrested in 2008 and initially sentenced to six years in prison for alleged espionage by a Revolutionary Court.

GENEVA (21 May 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Iranian authorities to halt

GENEVA (14 April 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, today urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt immediately the execution of an Iranian woman, Reyhaneh Jabbari, reported to be scheduled for tomorrow.

GENEVA (10 April 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed alarm at the denial of medical care to two political prisoners in Iran who are at risk of dying in detention due to worsening health conditions.

GENEVA (12 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs* on the situation of human rights in Iran, on summary executions, on torture, and on violence against women expressed alarm today at the ongoing spike in executions in the country; which recently included the hanging of a former child bride amid questionable circumstances.

GENEVA (22 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt the abrupt surge in hangings in the country since the start of 2014.

GENEVA (13 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic