Amnesty Feminist Network Blog

The United Nations Council on Human Rights had its 16 session from 10 March to 23 in Geneva, during which Iranians from across Europe held talks, demonstrations and lobbied the delegates to vote for special rapporteur to be sent to...

According to Human Rights Agency (RAHANA), a large number of women were detained and taken into custody on the International Women's Day! A large number of women took to the streets of Tehran follwing a statement by a number of women's...

International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) wishes all Iranians and those who celebrate No-Rooz a Happy New Year and wishes that in the coming year, there will be no more detention, torture, rape and executions in Iran or...

Honourable Ban Ki-moon United Nations General Secretary Cc: Honourable Madam Navanethem Pillay United Nations High Commissionaire for Human Rights Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council 1 March 2011 Appeal to free Ms Zahra...

How far, how much, how long? Mr Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iran's former prime minister of 8 years, especially during the Iran-Iraq war and the official presidential candidate, and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, university professor, sculpturer...

Dear Colleagues, I recently attended and presented at the 63rd Annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference in Melbourne, Australia, titled “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs.” The focus of my presentation was to promote health and...

On the anniversary of the Iranian revolution The peoples of the Middle East and North Africa have woken up! On the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution, International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) supports whole...

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Iranian Christians International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI), with regards to all other religions, wishes a Merry Christmas for all Iranian Christians.Throughout the world at this...

Shahla Jahed, second temoporary wife of footballer, Naser Mohammed Khani, who was sentenced to death by hanging for murdering Laleh Saharkhizan, Mohammed Khani's first official wife was hanged at the Evin Prison early Wednsday morning...

Shahla Jahed , the temoporary wife of one of Iran's famous footballers, Naser Mohammedkhani, who was acxcused of murdering his first wife, Laleh Sahar Khizan some 9 years ago was executed by hanging in Evin prison today. The family of...

On 6 November 2010 International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) held its first conference "A Non-Violent Approach to the Growing Violence in Iran at SOAS. Women Action Network of Amnesty kindly contributed to the travel...

URGENT ACTION iranian footballer’s wife’s execution scheduled ADditional InformationShahla Jahed, who had contracted a temporary marriage with Nasser Mohammad-Khani, a former striker for the Iranian national football team and former...

URGENT ACTION Kurd’s death sentence to be carried out Hossein Khezri, a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority, is at imminent risk of execution. His death sentence was sent "for implementation" on around 17 November, after the publication...

Election of 41 members of the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 10 November 2010 http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/11/election-of-41-members-o…...

Nasrin is the mother of two young children. She is the defence lawyer to many juvenilles on death row. She has been in detention for committing no crfime in a country where criminals are free and honest lawyers are in jail. In...

Oppose Iran ’s government’s attempt to join the executive board of the newly established United Nations Women! Women of Iran , subjected to gender discrimination, oppression and imprisonment Women in Iran are deprived of many basic...

Sun, 17 October, 2010 20:03:58 1600 Call for Immediate Release of Nasrin Sotoodeh http://www.irangenderequality.com/ Two Statements with 1600 Signatures Call for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Nasrin Sotoodeh, Human Rights...

1st Update on UA 181/10 USA Teresa Lewis (f) Teresa Lewis, a woman assessed as having "borderline mental retardation", was executed by lethal injection in Virginia, USA, on the evening of 23 September for the murder of her husband and...

On Sept 2 and 3 many of Shiva's friends organised a worldwide campaign prior to her court case. Below are links to some of the links to various cities that held gatherings to free Shiva. http://chrr.biz/shiva/spip.php?article115 paris...

GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO FREE SHIVA NAZAR AHARI "RELEASE HER IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY!" Date before her court: 2 September 2010 Worldwide August 26, 2010 - Shiva Nazar Ahari, a 26-year-old Iranian citizen and human rights defender is...