by Sadra | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
GENEVA (1 November 2012) – A group of United Nations independent experts called for the immediate release from prison of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer, and Jafar Panahi, an internationally acclaimed film-maker, both of whom were recently awarded the...
by Sadra | Oct 31, 2012 | Blog
برای خواندن مقاله به فارسی اینجا کلیک کنید (Washington, D.C. – October 29, 2012) Al-Monitor: While most Americans and the US foreign policy elite were focused on last week’s final presidential debate, a small office within the US Treasury Department, without...
by Sadra | Oct 24, 2012 | Blog
فارسی UNGA and UN Secretary-General should strengthen action (October 24, 2012) – Washington, D.C. – In an unprecedented study released today, United for Iran has described the global response to Iran’s 2009 post-election crackdown and human rights crisis as...
by Sadra | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog
GENEVA (23 October 2012) – Three United Nations independent experts on the situation of human rights in Iran, summary executions and torture expressed outrage today at the execution on 23 October of Saeed Sedighi and nine others on drug-related crimes in Iran. “We...
by Sadra | Oct 12, 2012 | Blog
(October 12, 2012) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, has reported a “deeply troubling picture” of conditions inside Iran in a report submitted to the UN General Assembly this week. Shaheed notes that systemic...
