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Source: Persian2English July 25, 2010 Iran Negah conducts an emotional interview with a young girl in the south of Tehran who describes her family’s life in Iran. Translation by SIAVOSH JALILI Interviewer: Hello Madam. Is your mother home? Girl: No. I: Where is she? G: She’s at work. I: Where does she work? G: On [...]
Student and Women’s Rights Activist Bahareh Hedayat to Serve 9 and Half Years in Prison
Source: Change for Equality July 27, 2010 Change for Equality: Student and women’s rights activist Bahareh Hedayat’s nine and half year prison sentence has been upheld in appeal. The sentence was submitted to her lawyer on Saturday July 24. According to reports by Rahana, Bahareh Hedayat faced a variety of charges after her arrest, including [...]
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25 Female Political Prisoners Receive a Total of Over 110 Years in Prison
Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) July 23, 2010 This article contains the names and sentences of 25 female political prisoners confined in Evin prison in Tehran. Out of the 25 female political prisoners detained in Evin prison, Mahboubeh Karami, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Kobra Zaghedoost, Farah Vazeham and Fatemeh Khorramjoo are in prison limbo, [...]
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July 18, 2010 Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei, Iran’s public prosecutor announced: “Proper veiling and Islamic dress code that upholds women’s chastity and modesty is a public issue. Indubitably this is an absolute legal and Sharia matter that is a religious imperative. Being un-Islamically dressed is a crime.” Citing legal cases related to crimes against public morals and [...]
Another Symbol for Objection
Source: Change for Equality June 17, 2010 Change for Equality: In their nearly four years of activism, the activists of the One Million Signatures Campaign have regularly attempted to use different methods to make their message of equality heard by the public. In addition to presence in the streets and face to face engagement with [...]
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Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) May 20, 2010 A prominent Tehran-based lawyer has accused the government of failing to address the problem of child abuse in Iran, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Nastrin Sotoudeh told Radio Farda that judicial authorities pay little attention to such mistreatment. “When a man beats his wife or child, the [...]
For Immediate Release Contact: * Manda Zand Ervin, Alliance of Iranian Women : (703) 447-3888 or (410) 531-6198 * Victoria Toensing : (202) 289-7701 * Beth Gilinsky, Women United: Code Red (212) 726-1124 or email : New York and Washington, May 5, 2010 — International human rights and women’s rights leaders, attorneys, scholars, columnists, [...]
By Saeed Valadbaygi Source: Street Journalist May 3, 2010 Translator’s Note: I dedicate this translation to all the brave women of Iran who have been beaten, tortured, violated and raped by the brutal Islamic Republic of Iran, just because they dared participate in a demonstration or speak their mind. I demand that those responsible at [...]
Women’s Activists Oppose Iran Bid For UN Committee Membership
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) April 29, 2010 A group of women’s rights activists in Iran and worldwide has written an open letter to the United Nations opposing the Iranian government’s bid for membership on the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. The letter refers to Iranian laws [...]
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