Iranian-Canadian Mostafa Azizi, writer and TV producer, was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in Iran today at the revolutionary court. Mr. azizi , 53, was arrested on February 01, 2015 shortly after his return to Iran to care for his ailing father, spent over two weeks in solitary confinement under Revolutionary [...read more]
The International Center for Human Rights in Canada (ICHR) has been informed of the arrest of Canadian resident and film-maker, Mr. Mosatafa Azizi in Iran, and urges the Iranian authorities to release Mostafa Azizi immediately and unconditionally. Mr . azizi , 53, was arrested on February 01, 2015 shortly after [...read more]
The International Center for Human Rights - ICHR (December 19, 2014): The U.N. General Assembly approved resolutions criticizing the human rights violations in Iran, Syria and North Korea on Thursday December 18. The ICHR is extremely pleased by the adoption of these important human rights resolutions on Iran and Syria as well as [...read more]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, Ontario 16 December 2014- The International Center for Human Rights (ICHR) announced today that Mr. Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, received the ICHR’s prestigious human rights award for 2014. Although he is currently imprisoned the award recognizes his efforts to defend the right of Iranian Kurds under persecution. [...read more]
Around 100 refugees from Syria are at risk of being returned to the war-torn city of Kobani/Ayn Al-Arab. They are part of a group of over 250 men, women and children from Kobani who have been unlawfully detained by the Turkish authorities in a sports hall since 5 October in [...read more]
ICHR, Toronto October 26:The authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran has ignored an international campaign to spare the life of Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 26-year-old woman convicted of murder and hanged her at dawn on Saturday October 25, 2014. Reyhaneh Jabbari had spent five years on death row for stabbing [...read more]
The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed. Submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 25/24 to the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in October 2014. To read the full report please click here.
The International Center for Human Rights - ICHR : (March 29, 2014- Toronto, Canada): ICHR welcomes UN human rights council’s vote on March 28 to extend the mandate of its Special Rapporteur Dr. Ahmed Shaheed on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran for a further period of one year. [...read more]
ICHR 20 December, 2013 - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday December 18, 2013 condemned Iran and Syria for widespread human rights abuses but it welcomed pledges by Iran's president to improve in some areas. In November, UN third committee of general assembly had adopted these resolutions. The resolution [...read more]