Zara Mohammadi, 29, was arrested initially in 2019 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for heading an organisation, the Nojin Cultural Association. She was detained by plain-clothes agents believed to be from Iran's internal security intelligence service, based on charges related to national security violations. Her transfer to court and sentencing was done without prior notification of her family...
The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, together with Kurdistan Human Rights Association-Geneva (KMMK-G) has written a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran Dr Javaid...
Between 40 and 50% of the Iranian population belong to ethnolinguistic minorities that differs from the dominant Farsi (Persian)-speakers. This makes Iran a mosaic of languages, cultures and political...
Awareness of third-country espionage activity within the EU has increased in recent years following a series of high-profile cases. In April 2021, the UNPO published a report highlighting the extent and...
The UNPO's submission can be read in full below or downloaded here. Recognize the demand of ordinary citizens in Iran for the abolition of the death penalty and its disproportionate use...
In our report, covering updates since June 2021, we detailed the increase in executions and killings by the regime. For example, we reported on the recent protests in several cities in Khuzestan (Ahwaz)...
Based on the experience of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), this report outlines reprisals suffered by European citizens and residents, on the sovereign territories of Europe,...
Building on the 2019 report Compromised Space: Bullying and Blocking at the UN Human Rights Mechanisms, this report documents the challenges that “unrepresented diplomats” have faced in the...
To read the full UNPO Alternative UPR Report on Iran, click here. On 19 March 2017, the Iranian Parliament approved the ‘Law on the Sixth Five-Year Economic, Cultural, and Social Development Plan...
As mentioned by most speakers, the lack of information concerning Iranian Kurdistan in mainstream media hides systematic and widespread violations of the community’s fundamental rights. The...
The Alternative Report aims to examine the compliance with and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Iranian Government, focusing especially on children of the Ahwazi Arab,...
UNPO has recently submitted three reports on the occasion of the 50th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights due to take place in Geneva, from 29 April - 17 May 2013. The Committee...
UNPO has submitted an Alternative Report to the UN Committee on Cultural, Economic, and Social Rights (CESCR) ahead of Iran’s review at the 49th Session in May 2012. This report to...
UNPO has submitted an Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee ahead of Iran’s review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) at the 103rd Session in October...
22 December 2010 Two UNPO staff members led a delegation of over 20 representatives of 11 minority groups to participate in the Forum, which took place over the course of three days at...
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