Niloofar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi, and Narges Mohammadi have been named as the laureates of the 2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Photo: UNESCO

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Three Imprisoned Iranian Women Journalists Win UNESCO Prize

May 4, 2023May 7, 2023 RMN News Elaheh Mohammadi, Iran, Narges Mohammadi, Press Freedom, Prize. Niloofar Hamedi, RSF

Three Imprisoned Iranian Women Journalists Win UNESCO Prize The annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Volker Türk Asks Iran to Stop Illegal Executions of Protesters

January 11, 2023January 15, 2023 RMN News Human Rights, Iran, Protesters, Volker Türk

Volker Türk Asks Iran to Stop Illegal Executions of Protesters Thousands have been detained since the nation-wide protests erupted last

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OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani. Photo: UN

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Use of Force Against Protesters in Iran Must Stop: UN Human Rights Office

October 19, 2022October 22, 2022 RMN News Human Rights, Iran, Security Forces

A month after demonstrations erupted across Iran, the UN Human Rights Office says that unabated violent response by security forces

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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Morality Police for Human Rights Abuses

September 23, 2022September 27, 2022 RMN News Human Rights, Iran, Mahsa Amini, Morality Police

The United States (U.S) has condemned the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died

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Narges Mohammadi. Photo: Gulf Centre for Human Rights

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Iran Urged to Release Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi

May 21, 2022May 25, 2022 RMN News Human Rights, Iran, Narges Mohammadi

Iran Urged to Release Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Iran must stop repeatedly sentencing and imprisoning women human rights defenders

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses an event on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2017. On his right is Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. UN Photo/Manuel Elias

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UN Human Rights Office Fails to Save Executed Protester in Iran

September 15, 2020September 17, 2020 RMN News Human Rights, Iran, Protester, UN

The UN human rights experts keep issuing casual condemnation statements which are ignored by the rogue states that are supposed

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