Stop Abuse of Political Prisoners
Iranian prison authorities should end the solitary confinement of 17 political prisoners and afford them all the protections to which they are entitled, including access to their families and lawyers,Human Rights Watch said.
Articles
Controversial ‘Family Bill’ Returns To Iranian Parliament’s Agenda Iran’s parliament is preparing to discuss a bill this week that would allow men to marry additional wives without the consent of their first wife, and would tax dowries.
It is called the Family Protection Bill, but it is better known as the antifamily bill.
The Right Side of Justice: It’s Time to End Stoning Like Sakineh, I too am a mother and I was born in Iran. Zahra, the character I played in the movie “The Stoning of Soraya M,” endured the unendurable cruelty of watching her niece being stoned to death, a fate similar to the reality awaiting Sakineh and 35 other Iranian women in 2010. Article 104 of the Iranian Penal Code is very specific about how this barbaric act of punishment is to be administered. It says that each stone used should “not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones.” For the Iranian regime, justice means the deliberate, slow, painful and ritualized murder of its very own citizens.
Source:The Huffington Post
Interviews
Iranian-Americans: The Key to Dismantling the Iranian Regime’s Lobby in the USAfter several months of discussions, a group of Iranian Americans finally converged and founded the “Progressive American-Iranian Committee” (PAIC).
This new organization is particularly focused on counteracting the Iranian regime’s web of influence in the US. Last week, Hassan Dai interviewed Kayvan Kaboli, a co-founder of PAIC, and discussed this new group’s manifesto and their means of achieving their goals.
Statements
Iran must not execute woman spared stoning death by any means The judicial authorities in Iran must immediately clarify Sakineh
Mohammad Ashtiani’s legal status and conduct a thorough review of her case, as well as all other cases where stoning sentences have been passed
Opinion
Mousavi turns tables on Khamenei, Ahmadinejad in Iran on eve of election anniversaryMousavi says the regime, a “cult,” is doing more harm to the nation than its enemies can. The words must cut deep as a planned mass opposition rally on the anniversary of June 12 election approaches
