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Press freedoms shrink, journalists being targeted
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» UNITED NATIONS: Press freedom is under attack in every corner of the globe, with journalists continually harassed, jailed and killed, UN officials and media outlets warned on Tuesday.
Schoolgirl poisonings continue across Iran
Published on 08/04/2023
» Dozens of schoolgirls were poisoned on Saturday in several schools across Iran, local media reported, in a continuation of the mysterious phenomenon that has shaken the country for months.
Women march as rights under threat across the globe
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» Women were taking to the streets from Kabul to Bangkok on Wednesday to mark International Women’s Day and defend rights that are coming under increasing attack.
Iran arrests school poisoning suspects as cases top 5,000
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» TEHRAN - Iran announced Tuesday it had made the first arrests in a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls that has affected more than 5,000 pupils since late November.
UN: Racism, discrimination a 'virulent threat'
AFP, Published on 07/03/2023
» GENEVA: In a passionate appeal, the United Nations rights chief decried on Tuesday the impact of racism, discrimination, and violence against women, LGBTQ people and other minorities around the world.
Iran arrests four over assault linked to poisonings
Published on 02/03/2023
» Iranian authorities arrested four people on Thursday in connection with an assault on a woman outside a girls’ school targeted in a wave of poisoning attacks, a news agency said.
Hackers say they blocked Iran president’s speech
Published on 11/02/2023
» Digital activists supporting anti-government protests in Iran said they hacked an online broadcast by state television of a speech by President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
French academic Fariba Adelkhah released from prison in Iran: ministry
AFP, Published on 11/02/2023
» PARIS - Iranian authorities on Friday released from prison French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was first arrested in June 2019 and was serving a five-year sentence on national security charges vehemently denied by supporters, the French foreign ministry said.
French academic Fariba Adelkhah released from prison in Iran: source
AFP, Published on 11/02/2023
» PARIS - Iranian authorities on Friday released from prison French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was first arrested in June 2019 and was serving a five-year sentence on national security charges vehemently denied by supporters, a source close to her said.
Protest post riles Iranians
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2023
» The Iranian Embassy in Thailand dismissed a Twitter post by Progressive Movement chairman Thanathorn Juangroonruangkit, who recently took to the social media platform to urge his followers to voice their support for the anti-government protests in Iran.