The Cost of Normalization: Remembering Jina Mahsa Amini
The Cost of Normalization: Remembering Jina Mahsa Amini and Confronting State Terror in Iran On September 16, 2022, 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini was murdered in the custody of Iran’s so called "morality police" after being violently detained over state mandated dress codes. What began as an outcry against the execution of an innocent young woman ignited the "Woman, Life, Freedom" (Jin, Jiyan, Azadî) uprising the most sustained, widespread, and profound challenge to the terrorist Islamic Republic in its history. Years later, the tragedy is not only the blood that has been spilled on Iranian streets, but the persistent failure of the international community to treat the Islamic Republic as what its actions prove it to be: a violent [...read more]
On World Humanitarian Day, ICHR Demands Accountability, and Action.
Reclaiming Human Rights On World Humanitarian Day, the International Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) honours humanitarian workers, volunteers, medical professionals, human-rights defenders, and ordinary people who dedicate themselves to saving lives, protecting human dignity, and helping communities in crisis. Across the world, millions are suffering from war, terrorism, persecution, hunger, forced displacement, state violence, and humanitarian crises. Humanitarian action begins with a simple principle: every human life has equal value. Humanitarian Crises in the Middle East The Middle East continues to face some of the world's most serious humanitarian challenges. In Yemen, more than 22 million people require humanitarian assistance and protection, with hunger, displacement, malnutrition, and weakened essential services continuing to endanger millions. In Syria, [...read more]
TORONTO — The International Coalition for Human Rights (ICHR) raises grave concerns over the alarming escalation of state-sanctioned violence in Iran. Iranian authorities continue to systematically weaponize the death penalty as an instrument of political repression, targeting protesters, dissidents, and political prisoners in a desperate bid to stifle public dissent. According to documented human rights reports, at least 444 individuals have been executed in Iran during the first seven months of 2026 alone, including 60 confirmed political prisoners. United Nations reports confirm that at least 56 people have been executed on national-security-related charges since March 19, with 27 of those cases directly linked to the January 2026 nationwide protests. More than 100 additional individuals currently face imminent execution [...read more]
ICHR Statement on Mandatory Iranian Conscripts and IRCC Inadmissibility Assessments
The International Centre for Human Rights in Canada (ICHR) is deeply concerned by the issuance of hundreds of Procedural Fairness Letters by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to Iranian applicants whose connection to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arose solely from mandatory military service. Military service is compulsory under the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Many young Iranian men have no meaningful choice as to whether they serve, and those assigned to the IRGC generally do not choose that assignment. They may serve in ordinary, low-level positions without command authority, ideological affiliation, or meaningful participation in the activities of the organization. ICHR strongly supports Canada’s measures against the IRGC, its senior officials, and individuals [...read more]
State Sponsored Murder in Iran: ICHR Demands Immediate Global Action to Halt the Regime’s Killing Machine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STATEMENTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (ICHR) Today, the world bears witness to yet another harrowing escalation of state-sanctioned murder inside Iran. Ali Dashti, Alireza Sabahi, and Abul Fazl Sepahi have been executed. Their only "crime"? Demanding their fundamental, inalienable human rights. ALI DASHTI, ALIREZA SABAHI'AND ABUL FAZL SEPAHITODAY IN IRAN, THEY WERE EXECUTED FOR ASKING FOR THEIR BASIC HUMAN Rights. Let us be entirely clear and unvarnished in our language: this is not a justice system; it is a mechanical slaughterhouse. A Mockery of Justice, A State-Sponsored Killing Machine These executions were carried out in total defiance of international law, stripped of even the barest pretense of [...read more]
Stop the Executions in Iran: Action Cannot Wait
A Statement by the International Centre for Human Rights – World (ICHR) "We are not merely documenting a crisis; we are bearing witness to the systematic execution of an entire generation. The world’s diplomatic hesitation is no longer just cowardice, but it is active complicity with a terrorist regime." The Anatomy of State Terror: The Hard Data The Islamic Republic of Iran, commanded directly by the apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) the registered terrorist entity, has turned the state into a mechanized execution chamber. This is not justice. It is a desperate, bloody campaign to suppress a population demanding basic human rights. Relying on rigorous, verified empirical data compiled by international human rights monitors, the reality of [...read more]