Monday 7 December 2009 Roozonline: Zeinab Jalalian is a 27 year old woman who has been sentenced to execution by hanging, on the charge of enmity with god. She is currently awaiting the implementation of her sentence in Sanandaj prison...

Change for Equality: In recent weeks, the pressure on student activists has intensified with scores being arrested. The following news provides information on only a few of those arrested. Mahdieh Golroo Student Activist Arrested along...

I can hardly believe that today is 7 December which means that there are now only 16 Christmas shopping days left. That's slightly concerning for me as so far I have bought neither cards nor a single present! When I do eventually get...

Jack Shenker writes in the Guardian of the poverty, exclusion and discrimination faced by disabled people in Arab and north African countries.

The Poet Laureate has put a political slant on her version ot the Twelve Days of Christmas , including issues such as climate change and the war in Afghanistan. Poets holding the title previously have tended to keep away from...