December 23, 2010
James Miller opines on the reasons that human rights and other complex issues have taken a backseat to the nuclear issue in the Western media.
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December 23, 2010
The statement in support of the unjustly detained human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, can be found here.
December 23, 2010
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer who has fought for human rights in Iran has been in prison for several months and was on a dry hunger strike that threatened her life. "It's people like her that the Iranian government fears," Nobel laureate, Shirin Ebadi said. Shirin Ebadi and other activists staged a sit-in in Geneva in front of the UN's human rights in order to bring attention to her situation and to the situation of other prisoners of conscience in Iran's prisons. More at United4Iran.
December 20, 2010
In December of 2010, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is handed the harsh sentence of six years in prison and a 20-year ban on filmmaking. This decision is upheld on appeal in October of 2011.The US-based board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences released a statement saying:"The recent arrest of six Iranian filmmakers, the sentence of 'one year in jail and 90 lashes' to an actress just for playing a role in an acclaimed film, and the continued house arrest of Jafar Panahi, among others, is a situation that demands our serious attention."These filmmakers -- and others -- are artists, not political combatants. We join our colleagues around the world in calling unequivocally for these filmmakers' safety, release, and return to filmmaking. They deserve the same, full freedom of expression that the overwhelming majority of our members enjoy every day, no matter where they are from, no matter where they work, no matter what their beliefs."Read more here.
December 9, 2010
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.
December 7, 2010
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.
December 1, 2010
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.”
November 30, 2010
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.
November 12, 2010
On November 12, 2010, Jafar Panahi found himself in court defending his work as a filmmaker. From a summary of his statement published in English on […]