Alleged juvenile offender Fatemeh Salbehi executed in Iran
London, MEFD – According to sources inside Iran, alleged juvenile offender Fatemeh Salbehi, who was arrested when she was 17…
MEFD calls on Iran to halt execution of juvenile offender
London, MEFD – Middle East Forum for Development (MEFD) calls on the Iranian authorities to immediately halt the execution of…
Iran: MEFD calls for immediate release of prominent rights activist
London, MEFD – Middle East Forum for Development (MEFD) strongly condemns the arrest of human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, who…
Iran: MEFD strongly condemns execution of Six Sunni prisoners
London, MEFD – Six Sunni prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority were executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in the city of…
Executions top long U.N. list of human rights concerns in Iran
Reuters – Iran had a “deeply troubling” number of executions last year and did not keep a promise to protect…
Amnesty International on Human Rights in Iran
Amnesty International – The authorities restricted freedoms of expression, association and assembly, arresting, detaining and prosecuting in unfair trials minority…
Iran: Juvenile offender to be executed in a week gives harrowing torture account
Saman Naseem, 22, is scheduled to be executed on 19 February in Iran.© Private. Amnesty International – A young Iranian…
UN harshly criticises Turkey for deterioration of human rights
Middle East Online – GENEVA – Turkey faced harsh criticism Tuesday at a United Nations review of its rights record,…
Nigeria: Satellite images show horrific scale of Boko Haram attack on Baga
Satellite image showing the extent of damage in Doron Baga taken on 7 Jan 2015, following an attack by…
Flogging of Raif Badawi in Saudi Arabia ‘vicious act of cruelty’
Raif Badawi Amnesty International – A witness confirmed to Amnesty International that the flogging of Saudi Arabian activist Raif Badawi…