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UN human rights experts urge Iran to abandon restrictive internet bill

 The United Nations     |     March 1, 2022

GENEVA (1 March 2022) – UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Iran to abandon its efforts to enact a new law that would effectively isolate the country from the global internet.

The Iranian Parliament may soon ratify … Continue Reading

RSF asks UN to investigate Iranian journalist Baktash Abtin’s death

Reporters Without Border     |    Jan. 15, 2022

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is asking the UN to set up an independent international commission of enquiry into the death of Baktash Abtin, an Iranian journalist and writer who died on 8 January as a result of not being treated when he caught … Continue Reading

GOP Demands Biden Admin Commit to Sanctions on Iranian Human Rights Abuses

Lawmakers say Biden ignoring regime atrocities as it seeks new nuke deal

Washington Free Beacon     |     Adam Kredo     |     November 22, 2021

Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress are asking the Biden administration to turn over information about any steps it has taken to hold the Iranian regime … Continue Reading