Asma Jahangir

Asma Jahangir highlights clampdown on dissidents calling for justice over #Iran’s #1988massacre

Eye-witnesses and victims’ relatives should present testimony to UN over Iran’s 1988 massacre

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran on 14 August 2017 drew international attention to the 1988 massacre that was carried out by people who currently hold senior positions within the Government of Iran. Her report, (A/72/322), stated: “73. Between July and August 1988, thousands of political prisoners, men, women […]

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Ms. Asma Jahangir (Pakistan) was designated as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Human Rights Council in September 2016

OHCHR: UN human rights expert condemns “defamatory” Iran press report

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran has condemned a “defamatory” report in the Iranian state media aimed at compromising her integrity and independence. The following is the full text of the press release published on 24 April 2017 on the website of the Office of the United Nations

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Asma Jahangir highlights clampdown on dissidents calling for justice over #Iran’s #1988massacre

March 2017: Asma Jahangir highlights clampdown on dissidents calling for justice over Iran’s 1988 massacre

Asma Jahangir, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, has in her latest report to the Human Rights Council included references to Iran’s 1988 massacre of political prisoners and human rights abuses towards campaigners demanding justice over the massacre.

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