Reports & Documentation

Background Information

Ahwaz Fact File [PDF: 149KB]
Forced migration and land confiscation [PDF: 24KB]
Economic marginalisation [PDF: 31KB]
Development and the legacy of the Iran-Iraq War [PDF: 22KB]
Secret letter from Iranian presidential office to government departments on plans to eradicate Arab culture and language from Khuzestan [PDF: 25KB]
Documentary by Al-Ahwaz TV on the exclusive Persian township of Shirinshahr and the ethnic cleansing of Ahwazi Arabs [Video: 20.4MB]

Identity and Politics

The Identity and Ancestry of the Indigenous Khuzestani Arabs of Iran [PDF: 73KB]
Manifesto of the Congress of Iranian Nationalities for a Federal Iran [PDF: 8KB]
Written statement to UNCHR's 61st session by the Transnational Radical Party on the need for Ahwazi self-determination [PDF: 9KB]

Human Rights Reports

IRIN Interview with Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Miloon Kothari, July 2005
Following his visit to Khuzestan
Oral statement to UNCHR's 61st session on the situation of Iraqi Turkmen, the Ahwazi and the Khmer Krom [PDF: 7KB]
Fear of torture and ill-treatment / incommunicado detention
Arrests during Eid-al-Adha demonstrations of January 2006, including children
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 1 February 2006
Fear of torture and ill-treatment / Incommunicado detention
Arrests during the Eid-al-Fitr demonstrations of November 2005
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 7 December 2005
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The incarceration of the family of tribal leader Hajj Salem Bawi
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 2 November 2005
Fear of torture and ill-treatment / Incommunicado detention
The incarceration of the family of tribal leader Hajj Salem Bawi
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 9 September 2005
Fear of torture or ill-treatment / Incommunicado detention
Arrests following anti-government demonstrations in Ahwaz
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 26 August 2005
Arbitrary arrest / fear of torture and ill-treatment, Yousuf Azizi Bani Toruf
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 4 July 2005
Arbitrary arrest / fear of torture and ill-treatment, Yousuf Azizi Bani Toruf
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 6 May 2005
Amnesty International calls for an end to the cycle of violence in Khuzestan and an investigation into the root causes of recent unrest
Amnesty International Public Statement, 20 April 2005
Arbitrary arrest / torture of more than 137 Ahwazi Arabs during anti government demonstrations
Amnesty International Urgent Action, 18 April 2005
Human Rights Watch: Reports of Ethnic Violence Suppressed [PDF: 83KB]

British Ahwazi Friendship Society

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