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Sep 5 2010 6:56PM
Campaign to free Shiva Nazar Ahari in various cities of the world

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...

Aug 27 2010 3:54PM
Help us free Shiva Nazar Ahari from prison in Iran

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...

Aug 27 2010 3:52PM
Please join us free Shiva Nazar Ahari from prison in Iran

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...

Aug 20 2010 8:41PM
USA: Stop the Execution of Teresa Lewis

Teresa Lewis is scheduled for execution on 23rd September in the state of Virginia. Take action to stop the execution here http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXP…...

Aug 20 2010 11:10AM
Save Shiva from the threat of "Moharebeh", against God!

Shiva Nazar Ahari, Iranian human rights activist has been in detention for over 8 months. She was detained along with Koohyar Goodarzi and a number of other human rights activists when they were on board a bus to go to Ghom, the...

Aug 20 2010 8:21AM
The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize

Do you know someone who should be recognised for their work tackling violence against women? The Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize is now accepting nominations http://www.emmahumphreys.org/default.htm . Individuals or groups can be...

Aug 12 2010 1:37PM
     Death's Waiting Room: launch 1pm today

Aug. 10, 2010 Reprieve announces the launch of Death’s Waiting Room, a life-size death row cell outside St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, at 1pm Thursday 12th August. This extraordinary exhibition replicates the real death row...

Aug 8 2010 6:41PM
Grave concern about 17 political prisoners on hunger strike

Four Hundred Iranian Activists Issue Statement Expressing Grave Concern about the Health of Seventeen Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike Nearly 400 social, political and cultural activists and journalist have issued a statement...

Aug 4 2010 3:24PM
Do we have to witness such brutality in the 21th centruy?

Third world countries are often blames for their abuse of human rights which is true by itself. What happens when in France, a socalled "civilised" country people are treated in such a shamful way? I was applauled and disgusted to see...

Jul 31 2010 12:13PM
Families of hunger strike political prisoners reach out to the world

The wife of one of the political prisoners wrote in an email "why the world has forgotten us?" A number of political prisoners have gone on hunger strike to protest against the worsening conditions at ward 350 of the notorious Evin...

Jul 31 2010 11:57AM
Hostage taking an old habit which dies hard

Iran has become a country of hostage taking and terror. American kids, hicking the mountains are taken hostage; French lecturer innocent of any crime is taken hostage; Iranian academics who travel to the country to see their families...

Jul 13 2010 1:20PM
Explosions at the Evin Prison

Families of political prisoners demanded explanations Source: Kalameh website In a letter to Tehran’s prosecutor, Jafari Dowlatabadi, families of political prisoners have demanded explanations regarding the explosions which were heard...

Jul 13 2010 1:15PM
Explosions at the Evin Prison

Families of political prisoners demanded explanations Source: Kalameh website In a letter to Tehran’s prosecutor, Jafari Dowlatabadi, families of political prisoners have demanded explanations regarding the explosions which were heard...

Jul 5 2010 12:20AM
Nasrges Mohammedi out of jail but straight to hospital!

Narges Mohammedi, journalist and human rights campaigner who worked with Shirin Ebadi in Tehran and managed Ebadi's offices of human rights centre after she left the country, was detained in her home on the evening of 10 June 2010 in...

Jun 28 2010 11:09AM
Two cases which need urgent action.

Zeynab Jalalian faces Danger of Execution! Sakineh Mohammedi Ashtiani in danger of being stoned to death! 1- Iran’s Supreme Court approved the death sentence by execution of Zeynab Jalalian in November 2009. The sentence has been...

Jun 24 2010 12:22PM
Waiting to be stoned to death.

Sakineh Mohameddi Ashtiani a prisoner at one of Tabriz prisons in the north-west Iran is on the verge of being stoned to death. In 2006 she confessed to being the lover to the two men who murdered her husband. She later withdrew her...

Jun 18 2010 9:30AM
Did they silence Iran by killing its Neda (voice)?

A year ago around this time Iran was heaving in blood and battle. Among all the chaos on the streets, a young woman was killed in broad daylight in front of the world. The doctor near the scene who tried to save her was accused of...

Jun 14 2010 6:35PM
We will go to the cemetry

On the anniversary of the murder of Sohrab Arabi, her bereaved mother, Parvin Fahimi lit some candles at the window in their home to remember her son. A son who was killed a year this day. The authorities attacked her house and smashed...

Jun 14 2010 6:25PM
On the anniversary of the disputed presidential election.

Reports from Iran indicate that more than 600 people have been detained in yesterday's sparodic demonstrations in Tehran and other cities. Students at Tehran and Sharif universities came out in large nubmers to demonstrate. At Tehran...

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