by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Apr 2019 | News
Embed from Getty Images Iran remains among the world’s most egregious violators of religious freedom, according to the 20th annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report, released today, recommends that, as in every...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Apr 2019 | Reports
Iran remains among the world’s most egregious violators of religious freedom, according to the 20th annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report, released today, recommends that, as in every year since 1999, Iran be...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Apr 2019 | News
Left to right: Shapoor Jozi, Parastou Zariftash, and Payam Kharaman Sixteen converts to Christianity in the southwestern city of Bushehr are facing time in prison after their convictions were upheld at an appeal hearing last month. Twelve have been sentenced to a year...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Apr 2019 | News
An Iranian-Armenian Christian serving a five-year jail sentence for “acting against national security through house-church activities” was permitted temporary leave over Easter, Article18 can reveal. Sevada Aghasar (left) singing with his choir at St. Gregory’s Church...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Apr 2019 | News
Representatives of Iran’s ethnic religious minorities in the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament) After the USA designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist group”, representatives of Iran’s ethnic religious minorities in the Islamic Consultative...
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...
