Press Release Nov 8, 2024 HRF Condemns Second Assassination Plot Against Iranian Activist Masih Alinejad The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the assassination plot, made public today by the U.S. Department of Justice, against Iranian journalist, womenтАЩs rights activist, and former Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Masih Alinejad. This is the third attempt on her life in the last three years orchestrated by the Iranian regime.
Blog Post Aug 5, 2024 The Silencing of Dissident Artists Art, in all its forms, is etched into the fabric of society. It is a testament to humanityтАЩs unique ability to create; with a painterтАЩs stroke, word, musical note, or dance move, an artist can evoke compassion in their viewers.
Press Release Jul 23, 2024 HRF submits joint petition to the United Nations on behalf of Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi Last week, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) submitted an individual complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) in the case of Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi in conjunction with Doughty Street Chambers and Index on Censorship.
Press Release Jun 25, 2024 Iran Supreme Court Overturns Toomaj SalehiтАЩs Death Sentence On June 22, IranтАЩs Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Iranian hip-hop artist and Havel Prize Laureate Toomaj Salehi.
Op-Ed May 3, 2024 IranтАЩs death sentence for rapper shows how far itтАЩll go to squelch dissent ThereтАЩs no length Iran wonтАЩt go to in order to quash dissent. Murder included.
Op-Ed Sep 12, 2023 Hold Iran to account for Mahsa AminiтАЩs murder (and other horrors) when UN meets next week The first anniversary of Mahsa AminiтАЩs murder on Sept. 16, 2022, couldnтАЩt come at a better time: It coincides with the commencement of the UN General AssemblyтАЩs 78th sessionтАФ the perfect time to hold IranтАЩs feet to the fire.
Publication Jun 8, 2023 Rattle and Hum тАУ HRF x The Signal After the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in custody, following her arrest by IranтАЩs Guidance PatrolтАФthe morality policeтАФfor тАЬimproperlyтАЭ wearing her hijab head covering, fierce protests spread across the country.
Op-Ed Feb 9, 2023 тАШWomen, life, freedomтАЩ: Chants of protest in Iran Forty-four years after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Tehran is once again feeling the wrath of its citizenry. Then, it was the Shah and his тАЬmodern idealsтАЭ the people sought to, and successfully did, overthrow. Now, a different regime тАФ the Islamic Republic тАФ is in power and in the peopleтАЩs crosshairs.
Blog Post Dec 21, 2022 Champion of Freedom: The Fearless Women of Iran & Afghanistan The condition of women and girls is a significant indicator of the democratic status of a country and 2022 proved that, in many places around the globe, the diagnosis isnтАЩt good: The systematic assault on womenтАЩs rights under authoritarian regimes was illuminated time and again, especially in the Middle East and South Asia.
Publication Aug 16, 2022 Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists
Press Release Aug 1, 2022 HRF Condemns the Attempted Assassination of Iranian Activist Masih Alinejad The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the apparent assassination attempt against Iranian womenтАЩs rights activist and former Oslo Freedom Forum speaker Masih Alinejad.