International Labor Unions ’Day May 2011
While the world celebrates the gains of organized labor on May 1st, the Iranian labor movement continues to be viciously suppressed by Islamic Republic of Iran, and many of its rank and files still languish in the prisons.
Aman Kakar at 1:14 PM ET [JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] adopted a resolution [text, pdf] on Thursday, appointing a Special Rapporteur to investigate human rights violations in Iran. The resolution was adopted [press release] by a vote of 22 in favor, 7 against and 14 abstentions. The Special Rapporteur is [...]
The opposition has shown it is still alive; how strongly is less clear
While universities appear calm and free of protests on the surface, student activists say that criticism of the establishment is still being discussed and new ideas are still being aired privately
US President Barack Obama has ordered unprecedented sanctions against senior Iranian officials for “sustained and severe violations of human rights”.
The eight men include the head of the Revolutionary Guards, a former interior minister and the prosecutor general.
The treasury department said they would face a travel ban and asset freeze.
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.
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.
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sentence has been upheld in an appeals court in Tehran, according to his lawyer. Jafar Kazemi’s lawyer, Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her client’s sentence has been upheld and that Branch 31 of the Supreme Court has also turned down a re-trial request. Branch 36 of the Tehran Province Appeals Courts, presided by Judge Zargar, issued the ruling.
The European Union and Canada on Monday separately adopted new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country’s foreign trade, banking and energy sectors. The moves are the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt Iran’s nuclear program.
According to UNHCR, Iranian refugees comprise 19% of the total registered refugee population in Turkey. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the passage of Penal Law in 2008 authorizing death penalty for apostasy and especially after June 2009 fraudulent election, Iranians have been seeking refuge in foreign countries in large numbers.