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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Iran for "widespread arrests" in the winter of 2018, including thousands of arrests made during the country-wide protests in December 2017 and January 2018, as well as for jailing a large group of environmentalists and women who protested against compulsory hijab (aka Revolution Street Girls).

In its 2019 annual report, the HRW has named Iran's "security apparatus" as well as its "suppressive and non-accountable Judiciary" system as serious hindrances to protecting human rights in Iran.

World Report 2019 is Human Rights Watch’s 29th annual review of rights violations around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2017 through November 2018.

Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division, says Iranian officials "blame the world for their own problems" and "refuse to look into the mirror" to find out that how their systematic suppression increases dissent among Iranians.

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