by Sadra | Feb 16, 2010 | Blog
This morning I found a slew of articles reporting on the announcement of the George Polk Awards — with emphasis on one of the awards in particular. One of the thirteen 2009 George Polk Awards in Journalism, the George Polk Award for Videography, was awarded to...
by Sadra | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
Continuing with our series of reports and interviews with Iranian asylum seekers who have left Iran after the June 12 presidential elections, an Iranian journalist who is awaiting UN’s decision for going to a third country, has sent a report to the International...
by Sadra | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
(14 February 2010) The wife of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has published an open letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader detailing her son Ali Karroubi’s torture following his detention on 11 February, as the authorities stifled opposition demonstrations, and appealed...
by Sadra | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
Iranian Diplomats Play Victim (15 February 2010) Iran’s rejectionist initial response to recommendations by members of the international community to address grave human rights abuses during the UN’s Universal Period Review clearly demonstrates the need for a special...
by Sadra | Feb 15, 2010 | Blog
Source & live blog in Farsi here: http://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1388/11/slideshow_geneva/ Learn more about the UPR session here: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/02/un-review/