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 Women and Prison
Tuesday 19 Aug 08
Iranian women have been arrested in numbers after the revolution, both on political grounds as well on issues related to press freedom. Many of the families of political prisoners have been subject to such stress and have endured harsh conditions as a result of unspeakable pressures on them.
Shirin Ebadi is in Danger
Monday 18 Aug 08
Iran's official government news agency (IRNA) accused Shirin Ebadi and her daughter, who is a university student at Canada’s McGill University, of belonging to the Bahai religious sect. Regardless of other accusations that have also been aired, the news agency report is worrisome and demonstrates a threatening net cast in Shirin Ebadi's path. It seems that those behind the story want to puncture the protective umbrella that the 2003 Nobel Peace prize brought for Ebadi. To show the importance of the issue, I will cite several legal articles and addendums.
If We Love Iran …
Monday 04 Aug 08
It is now many years that Iran is hostage to the rivalry between the two major political factions in the country, each vying to take the lead in normalizing relations with the US and claim the accomplishment as its own in Iranian history, and unilaterally profit from its benefits. But this race has been damaging. Not only have the factions not cooperated in the necessity of normalization together, each has actually engaged in sabotaging the efforts of the other.
The Argentine Example
Monday 07 Jul 08
In Iran today we have plenty of women who can steer things in new directions. Many men have come to believe in such women. This is part of the nation’s capital and wealth. These are our accomplishments regarding the traditional chauvinism that has manifested itself through the pretext of religion.
More Human Rights Violations Iran During 2007
During the period ranging from December 2006 to December of 2007, tens of human rights violations have taken place in Iran. And on the eve of the International Human Rights Day, a young man was hung to death in Iran on charges that he had committed a crime when he was 13 years old. Some officials in the town of Kermanshah publicly said that the purpose of the execution was to “teach a lesson to the youth of Kermanshah.”
Women and Prison
The common assumption is that prison is prison whether those in it are men or women. However, even in prison, the legal situation of women is quite different from that of their male counterparts as they are subjugated to discrimination; among these women, those who are mothers face even more hurdles.
China: A Model for Iran?
Sunday 08 Jun 08
Since some years ago a number of Iranian leaders had declared their intention follow China’s approach to human rights and through it, justify Iran’s violations of the same
The Fate of a Feminist School
Sunday 01 Jun 08
The Iranian website known as “The Feminist School” was yet another media outlet that was banned by Iranian authorities last year. Prior to that, a number of websites run by women activists engaged in anti discrimination and justice issues were also silenced.
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