by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Apr 2019 | Analysis
Dr Sara Afshari provided this testimony at Westminster Abbey on Monday 8 April to members of an independent review team working on behalf of the UK government on a report on the persecution of Christians worldwide. This brief overview forms part of a much bigger...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Apr 2019 | Analysis
Article18’s Advocacy Director, Mansour Borji, gave the following testimony at Westminster Abbey on Monday 8 April to members of an independent review team working on behalf of the UK government on a report on the persecution of Christians worldwide. Dear Review...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Apr 2019 | News
Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has published an open letter from Evin Prison claiming the verdicts issued by Iran’s Revolutionary Courts “violate the principles of a fair trial … in almost all cases”. Nasrin Sotoudeh (Facebook) Nasrin, who...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Mar 2019 | News
The UN in Geneva (Flickr / CC / Nunavut) Article18 has partnered with two fellow advocacy organisations to submit recommendations on Iran to the 34th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN’s Human Rights Council. In the eight-page document, Article18, CSW and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Mar 2019 | News
Hundreds of Iranians have travelled to the UK to seek asylum, many of them claiming to be Christian converts. (Flickr / CC / malachybrowne) The UK’s immigration service has come under fire for using verses from the Bible to contradict the claims of an Iranian asylum...
