Open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and to UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif 6rang and Twenty-four esteemed international and Iranian human rights organizations have collectively submitted a formal appeal to the…
Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, is scheduled to visit Iran in the first week of February, 2024. Given the severe human rights violations in Iran, 6rang Network and Iranian Queer Rights Organization Simorgh express deep concern about…
The Islamic Penal Code in Iran criminalises various forms of same-sex relations with punishments ranging from flogging to execution (Articles 233 to 240), even for individuals under 18 years old due to the legal responsibility age in Iran being 9…
Iranian LGBT+ activist Sareh (Zahra Sedighi Hamedani) who was released from prison on heavy bail following the cancellation of her death sentence, arrived safely in a secure country today. She expresses her gratitude to all LGBT+ activists who accompanied her…
14 September 2023, Geneva: The Iranian authorities’ treatment towards LGBTIQ+ people during the 2022-23 uprising amounts to the crime against humanity of gender persecution, new report finds. 6Rang (Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network) has launched a groundbreaking report titled “War…
The final statement of the collective meeting of Geneva – November 4, 2023 Since the beginning of the Iranian people’s revolutionary uprising, the demands of various groups oppressed and discriminated against in Iran have become the focus of the current…
In this quarter, 169 reports of violations against LGBTI+ people were made to 6Rang via the Rainbow 24/7 platform. All 169 reports have been recorded. In the 169 reports, 193 abuses were recorded in total and 162 individuals, organisations and…
The information on the harassment of sexual and gender minorities in the revolutionary uprising “Women, Life, Freedom” at the side event of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. September 15, a report on the presence of LGBT+ protests in the…
On October 9-10th, the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR, the Committee) gathered to review the adherence of the Islamic Republic of Iran with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). 6Rang pre-submitted a detailed report…
Another activity of the 6rang team during the meeting of the Human Rights Council at the UN headquarters in Geneva was to meet with some representatives of the member states. In these meetings, we tried to inform the representatives of…
