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HRAI was founded in 2006 by a small group of Iranian activists who gathered to organize their protests against Iranian human rights violations. Beginning with a focus on defending political prisoners, and with no resources other than those freely available within Iranian society, the group grew and attracted more members and financial support.
Human Rights Activists in Iran, another group that closely follows events within the country, also reported the general strike. There was no acknowledgement of the strike in state media.
Iranian citizens and activists Iran Marietje Schaake and 39 other MEPs Roberto Saviano (born 1979) Italy Sonia Alfano and 39 other MEPs 2010 Laureate Guillermo Fariñas (born 1962) [f] Cuba European Conservatives and Reformists Group, European People's Party, and Edvard Kožušník and 91 other MEPs Finalists [21]
Justice for Iran (JFI) is a London-based non-governmental human rights organization. The stated objective of the organization is to "address and eradicate the practice of human rights abuses and impunity that empowers officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran to perpetrate widespread human rights violations against Iranian citizens, and to hold them accountable for their actions."
One of Iran's most prominent human rights activists, Mohammadi, 51, worked as an engineer and a columnist for various newspapers following her studies. She was first arrested in 2011 for assisting ...
Sanjari spent time in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, which is known for its long record of human rights abuses. He left Iran shortly after his release but returned in 2016, when he was arrested ...
From 2018 to 2020 human rights complaints included a high rate of executions, the targeting of "journalists, online media activists, and human rights defenders" by the "security apparatus and Iran's judiciary" in "blatant disregard of international and domestic legal standards", [112] including "decades-long prison sentences" for human rights ...
The European Parliament is the legislative body of the European Union consisting of 705 seats, whose members are from 27 EU member states. During the four months of Iranian people's protests, many members of this parliament took several measures to express solidarity with Iranians, including a number of women in the parliament, who cut their ...