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Six Sentenced to Death in Connection with Iran Protests

Six Sentenced to Death in Connection with Iran Protests

Thu 14 Nov 2024 17:00 CET

They receive the EU's finest prize

They receive the EU's finest prize

Thu 24 Oct 2024 12:13 CEST

Venezuela's opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia receive this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – the EU Parliament's finest human rights prize.

Women Defying Power – Two Years After Amini's Death

Women Defying Power – Two Years After Amini's Death

Tue 17 Sept 2024 06:00 CEST

The religious dictatorship in Iran may have struck down the wave of protests that followed Mahsa Zhina Amini's death, but two years later, many continue to defy the country's moral police. On the streets, women who do not wear the mandatory veil are increasingly visible

Iranian hunger strike ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary

Iranian hunger strike ahead of Mahsa Amini's death anniversary

Sun 15 Sept 2024 11:59 CEST

34 political prisoners in Iran, including the Nobel laureate and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, have begun a hunger strike in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran.