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...
by Sadra | Jan 12, 2018 | Blog
The policies of Silicon Valley tech companies have put the safety of Iranian activists at risk. In an op-ed published in Wired magazine, Fereidoon Bashar of ASL19 and I share why now more than ever it’s time for companies like Google and Twitter to prioritize...
by Sadra | Jan 5, 2018 | Blog
Iran: UN experts urge respect for protesters’ rights GENEVA (5 January 2018) – Demands by protesters in Iran for freedom and adequate living standards must be addressed and their rights respected, UN human rights experts* have stated. Four Special...
