by Sadra | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
On Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at midnight, Nooshin Jafari, a journalist with Etemad Newspaper’s Culture Section was arrested. Security forces entered and searched her home, took her personal items and computer, arrested her, and transferred her to an unknown...
by Sadra | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
The 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, who heads Center for Human Rights Defenders in Iran, was interviewed by International Campaign for Human Rights. Regarding Iranian Judiciary’s recent actions including executions of two political dissidents and group...
by Sadra | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
Top Lawyer Says Charges Inconsistent with Sharia Law (8 February 2010) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today strongly condemned the prosecution of a young student activist, Mohammad Amin Valian, under the charge of Moharebeh, or “enmity against...
by Sadra | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
Huddled under 30 degree weather on February 7th, crowds of Toronto residents gathered at Mel Lastman Square to show solidarity for the people of Iran. The event, organized by Solidarity With Iran, was dominated by a sea of signs calling for the end to torture and...
by Sadra | Feb 8, 2010 | Blog
On February 6th, United4Iran SoCal hosted a gathering at the acclaimed University of California in Los Angeles with a panel of Iranian scholars and experts, made up of journalist Omid Memarian, professor Dr. Akbar Mahdi, and professor of gender and women’s studies,...
