by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Mar 2019 | News
Javaid Rehman was appointed special rapporteur in July 2018 (Photo: Twitter@JavaidRehman) The UN has today renewed the mandate of its special rapporteur on human rights in Iran for another year following a joint letter by 42 rights groups,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Mar 2019 | News
Seven of the nine “Church of Iran” members arrested this year in Rasht have been released on bail, but two remain detained. L to R: Abdolreza (Matthias) Ali-Haghnejad, Khalil Dehghanpour, and Hossein Kadivar (Middle East Concern) Babak Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Khatibi,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Mar 2019 | News
A coalition of 42 rights groups, including Article18, have called for the renewal of the mandate of the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran. In a joint letter to members of the UN’s human rights council, the groups highlight the “persistence of serious,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Mar 2019 | News
Around 450 Iranian Christians attended the service on Saturday (Twitter@WakeCathedral) A Farsi-language service has been held at an Anglican church in the UK for the first time, in recognition of the growing number of Iranian-born Christians attending churches across...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Mar 2019 | News
Javaid Rehman (Twitter) The UN’s Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran has bemoaned the “heavy sentences” given to Iranian Christians and called for the “release of all those imprisoned for having exercised their right to freedom of religion or belief”. In his...
