by Sadra | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog
Withholding information is the lifeline of tyranny. Today, we are proud to announce the release of Hafez, IranCubator’s latest app, which is designed to protect, empower, and inform human rights defenders. Last month, Iranian forces killed at least 25 protesters, and...
by Sadra | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog
Sharing the Knowledge of Activists with Protesters As protesters took to the streets in cities large and small in Iran, the security forces responded by violence and mass arrests. At least 25 people were killed and—according to an Iranian official—3700 people were...
by Sadra | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog
As I shared last week in an op-ed in WIRED, the practices of Silicon Valley tech companies are putting the safety of Iranian activists at risk. I’m emailing you today to ask you to support our petition and ask Twitter to protect Iranian protesters. Twitter denies...
by Sadra | Jan 16, 2018 | Blog
GENEVA (16 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the execution of Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, who was 15 when he was sentenced to death. He is due to be executed on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the execution of another juvenile...
by Sadra | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog
Despite years of advocacy by Iranian NGOs outside the country, as well as licenses from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control that exempt certain services and transactions from the sanction policies, tech companies continue to deny services to Iranians that could be...
