by Sadra | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog
فارسی Call on UN Human Rights Council and UN Secretary General to address issue Concurrent with the execution of four Iranians in Saudi Arabia, and despite warnings by human rights activists and institutions, four Ahwazi Arab prisoners—Taha Heidarian, Abdolrahman...
by Sadra | Jul 3, 2012 | Blog
Geneva (26 June 2012) – Speaking at an informal meeting coordinated in tandem with the 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Ms. Elahe Amani presented on the need to stop stoning globally. The text of the speech has been reproduced below. Thank you...
by Sadra | Jun 29, 2012 | Blog
فارسی Geneva (28 June 2012) – United for Iran’s Puyan Mahmudian addressed the 20th UN Human Rights Council following the release of a joint statement by 17 NGOs on Academic Freedom in Iran. Mr. Mahmudian discussed his own experiences in Iran noting that...
by Sadra | Jun 29, 2012 | Blog
فارسی Geneva (28 June 2012) – Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs* on Iran, summary executions and torture condemned the recent execution of four members of the Ahwazi Arab minority in Ahwaz’s Karoun Prison in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Following a reportedly...
by Sadra | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog
Washington D.C. (28 June 2012) – United for Iran joined a broad coalition of organizations in sending a public letter calling upon American and European companies to guarantee that the Internet services they provide are not unnecessarily blocked for individuals...
