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December 9, 2010
December 9, 2010
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Call for Articles and Posts: “Networks, Networking, and Change: Traditional, Social, Digital.”

Arseh Sevom's Call for Articles and Posts: "Networks, Networking, and Change: Traditional, Social, Digital." DUE: FEBRUARY 25.Universities, churches and mosques, cafes, squats and upstart art spaces have all been incubators for social movements. Can virtual meeting places join those physical meeting places as breeding places for social change? Have they already?There is so much to learn about how networks function and work together, which is why Arseh Sevom has chosen the topic: "Networks, Networking, and Change: Traditional, Social, Digital,” for its first online magazine.
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December 7, 2010
December 7, 2010
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Punishing Students for Their Opinions

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has released a report detailing abuses against students for dissenting viewpoints. Many high achieving students have been expelled from Iran's universities. “Excluding students from universities based on their political and religious views is a totalitarian practice that ruins careers and removes reform-oriented young people from future professional cohorts,” said Hadi Ghaemi, the Campaign’s spokesperson.
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December 1, 2010
December 1, 2010
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Getting to Know a Student Activist: “Freedom is not Free”

United4Iran recently published an interview with the roommate of student activist, Majid Tavakoli, who is currently imprisoned in Iran. Here is what his friend had to say about the speech Majid gave in December of 2009 that led to his arrest:
I, and other close friends, tried to convince him to revise his decision but he was persistent. He reasoned that if we retreat [from] our basic rights, in holding peaceful protests inside campuses, we [would] have to retreat [from] the worst level of dictatorship. He was reasoning that as a prominent student leader, his speech would give the courage to other students to stand for their rights. He used to say: “Freedom is not free.”
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November 30, 2010
November 30, 2010
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Legalizing the Murder of Civil Society

Legalizing the Murder of Civil Society reports on a bill that would completely change the legal procedures for registering and operating civil society organizations. Arseh Sevom released a paper analyzing the impact of the proposed law.
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October 13, 2010
Development of training curriculum
October 13, 2010
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Training

The Arseh Sevom team plans to involve stakeholders and experts in the development of training using participatory methods that met with success in previous trainings in Iran and elsewhere. We will be offering Training of Trainersalong with general training. The training will be offered online and face-to-face.Most of the training will be in Persian, with translators available when trainers speak only English.
  • Asynchronous online training using elearning software that can be easily updated by participants and used to develop content for the knowledge base (we also plan to distribute this on flash drives and DVDs so that there is no need to connect to the internet to participate)
  • Face-to-face
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October 13, 2010
October 13, 2010
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Advocacy

The need to move into compliance with international pacts on human rights requires more understanding of those rights among defenders, leaders, civil servants, and the general public. One of the challenges going forward will be to address a mindset that accepts and participates in the abuse of human rights. Recent events in Iran show that there is a strong urge for civil rights and individual freedoms and that a majority of the population wants to attain these rights through non-violence and reform. This presents us with the historic opportunity to rise and meet this desire for civil rights and individual freedoms with a comprehensive program of capacity building and advocacy to ensure that respect for human rights remains central and urgent.
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