Human Rights

US Lawmakers Press State Department to Speak out Against Human Rights Violation in Iran

May 23rd, 2010

Posted on 23 May 2010 22 May 2010 – Medya News – 13 Members of Congress urged the State Department to condemn increased human rights violations in Iran  in a letter prepared by the office of Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC) sent on Friday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The letter draws the attention of the [...]



Executed Iranian Activist’s Brother Holds Supreme Leader ‘Responsible’

May 11th, 2010

  Farzad Kamangar was executed after a cursory trial. May 10, 2010 The brother of an activist hanged in Iran has blamed the country’s supreme leader for his death, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Farzad Kamangar was one of five activists executed in Tehran on May 9. His brother, Mehrdad Kamangar, spoke to Radio Farda via [...]



Shirin Alam Holi executed along with ۴ other political prisoners

May 11th, 2010

  Shirin Alam Holi, born in ۱۹٨۱ in a small village near Maku, executed in Evin Prison on May ۹th ۲۰۱۰ after passing one year and nine months in prison. She was charged with the issue cooperating with Pajak (Iranian branch of PKK) on Nov. ۲۹th ۲۰۰۹ and sentenced to death. Her lawyer and family [...]



UN promotes illicit affairs: Ahmadinejad’s wife

Apr 28th, 2010

  TEHRAN (AFP) – The wife of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Western countries of using the United Nations to promote illicit affairs, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. “Westerners exploit the United Nations structure to promote illicit affairs,” Azam-ol-Sadat Farahi told a conference of Muslim women thinkers on Tuesday without elaborating. [...]



The Politics of UN Human Rights Council and Iran’s Candidacy

Apr 23rd, 2010

By Elahe Amani The Islamic Republic of Iran, in a provocative act, has announced its candidacy for the United Nation Human Rights Council, a UN organization based in Geneva. The candidacy of Iran comes at a time that during the last 10 months, Iranians are experiencing one of the darkest periods of human rights violations [...]



Shirin Ebadi’s open letter to Ban Ki-moon on Iran’s membership of the UNHRC

Apr 21st, 2010

            Shirin Ebadi’s open letter to Ban Ki-moon on Iran’s membership of the UNHRC  By Dr Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Advocate and 2003 Nobel Laureate 20 April 2010 Since the UN General Assembly must adopt a decision on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s bid for membership in the UN Human Rights [...]



The Politics of UN Human Rights Council and Iran’s Candidacy

Apr 17th, 2010

    By Elahe Amani The Islamic Republic of Iran, in a provocative act, has announced its candidacy for the United Nation Human Rights Council, a UN organization based in Geneva. The candidacy of Iran comes at a time that during the last 10 months, Iranians are experiencing one of the darkest periods of human rights violations since 1979 [...]



Mother’s Horror at Son’s Death in Iran Inspires Graphic Novel

Apr 14th, 2010

 By Ladane Nasseri  April 14 (Bloomberg) — A mother kisses her dead 19-year- old son, weeps and embraces him one last time. Her grief overwhelms her as his body is lowered into its grave — another Iranian victim of protests after last year’s presidential election. The footage of a cemetery near Tehran on YouTube is [...]



Freed Female Converts to Face Iranian Judge Again

Apr 10th, 2010

By Ethan Cole  The two Iranian female converts to Christianity, who were released in November, will again appear before a judge next Tuesday, an Iran-focused Christian ministry reported. Maryam Rostampour, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh, 30, were summoned for a court hearing on April 13. According to Elam Ministries, which has been following their case from [...]



Iran executions send a chilling message

Mar 31st, 2010

  Amnesty International Executions increased at the time of mass protests over last year’s Presidential election © Javad Montazeri A series of ‘show trials’ led to two men being hanged in January © APGraphicsBank There was a rise in executions of juvenile offenders like Delara Darabi who was put to death in April © www.myspace.com/helpdelara 30 [...]