by Sadra | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog
Iran’s semi-official Student News Agency, ISNA, announced the commencement of an international conference on “Human Rights Status in the United States” at Tehran University’s College of Law and Political Science. The one-day conference will concentrate on “reviewing...
by Sadra | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog
More than 900 social activists and clients of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a human rights lawyer imprisoned since 4 September, have expressed their concern for her continued detention while on hunger strike, holding the Iranian Judiciary responsible for her health, and demanding...
by Sadra | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog
October 18, 2010 BY Maryam Pasha Digital activism, the use of digital technology for political and social change, has become a key part of advocacy or campaigning in the third sector. MRN’s new project aims to use new and social media tools to strengthen the migrant...
by Sadra | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has put on trial Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, a founding member of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi’s rights group, on charges of spreading propaganda against the regime, an opposition website said on Tuesday. The hearing session was held on Sunday,...
by Sadra | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog
Mohammad Reza Rouhinejad, father of a prisoner of conscience who is serving a ten year prison term at Zanjan prison, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his son is in extremely poor medical condition and intelligence authorities do not allow...