Worldwide Action Calls for Immediate Release of Bahá’í Leaders and Other Iranian Prisoners of Conscience

Worldwide Action Calls for Immediate Release of Bahá’í Leaders and Other Iranian Prisoners of Conscience

Apr 16, 2012

In 12 cities around the world on Sunday, April 8, 2012, supporters of seven imprisoned Bahá’í leaders marched, held signs, rode bikes, and organized mobile billboard tours in an initiative coordinated by United for Iran and the international Bahá’í community. The day of action marked a combined total of 10,000 days the seven have spent in prison solely due to adherence to their faith.شنبه ی گذشته هواداران هفت رهبر بهایی زندانی در 12 شهر دنیا در برنامه ای که توسط اتحاد برای ایران و جامعه بین المللی بهاییان سازمان دهی شده بود شرکت کردند. راهپیمایی، حمل پلاکارد، دوچرخه سواری و نمایش بیلبوردهای سیار از جمله کنش ها در این برنامه ها بود. این روز (روز اجرای برنامه ها)، در مجموع 10000 امین روزی است که رهبران بهایی در ایران در زندان به سر برده اند. این هفت تن تنها به خاطر عقاید و باورهایشان زندانی شده اند.

Mad Graffiti Week Iran – Update

Mad Graffiti Week Iran – Update

Apr 13, 2012

Activists and artists around the world from Egypt to Indonesia, Sweden to Washington, D.C. have been participating this month in the street art campaign Mad Graffiti Week Iran to raise awareness about the serious human rights violations that continue to take place in Iran. People are using artwork on shirts, posters, signs, walls, sidewalks, and the sides of cars to call on for the release of…در ماه جاری فعالین و هنرمندان در اقصی نقاط دنیا، از مصر گرفته تا اندونزی، و از سوئد تا واشنگتن دی سی، در یک کمپین “هنر خیابانی” به نام هفته همبستگی گرافیتی با ایران مشارکت کردند تا در مورد نقض شدید و ادامه دارحقوق بشر در ایران آگاهی رسانی کنند. آنها از کارهای هنری خود، که بر روی لباس، پوسترها، تابلوها، دیوارها، پیاده روها وبدنه ی اتومبیل ها نقاشی و حکاکی شده اند، به منظور بیان خواسته های خود استفاده کرده اند. خواسته ی آزادی زندانیان سیاسی، برابری جنسیتی، اصلاحات دموکراتیک و پایان بخشیدن به اعدام ها در ایران. شما نیز به آنها بپیوندید!

Watch: Iran – Behind The Electronic Curtain

Watch: Iran – Behind The Electronic Curtain

Apr 9, 2012

In his March 20 Nowruz message to the Iranian people, President Obama said “the United States will continue to draw attention to the electronic curtain that is cutting the Iranian people off from the world. And we hope that others will join us in advancing a basic freedom for the Iranian people: the freedom to connect with one another, and with their fellow human beings.”

Press Release: Worldwide Action for Iran’s Baha’i Seven

Press Release: Worldwide Action for Iran’s Baha’i Seven

Mar 28, 2012

Berkeley, Calif. – Sunday April 1, will mark 10,000 total days that seven leaders of the Baha’i religion have spent behind bars in Iran. On this day, 12 cities across the globe will raise awareness with mobile billboards featuring a call to “Free Baha’i Leaders: Prisoners of Conscience in Iran.” Former imprisoned activist and hiker Sarah Shourd, who is now the Political Prisoner Advocate…

Mad Graffiti Week Iran – Update

Join the Mad Graffiti Campaign for Human Rights in Iran!

Mar 28, 2012

An estimated 500 political prisoners remain behind bars in Iran for their dissent against the policies of the Iranian government. Hundreds more have been persecuted through politically motivated trials. They include human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, opposition activists, community leaders, and ordinary Iranian citizens. In an effort to highlight these and other…

United4Iran Joins 20 NGOs around the World Calling for the Extension of Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur

United4Iran Joins 20 NGOs around the World Calling for the Extension of Mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur

Mar 19, 2012

To the member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council: As you know, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran is currently up for renewal and will be put to a vote before the Human Rights Council on March 21st or 22nd. At a time when the human rights situation in Iran has deteriorated significantly and Iran continues to refuse to cooperate with UN bodies, it is critical for…

Mad Graffiti Week Iran – Update

Stencil in Solidarity with Human Rights in Iran!

Mar 19, 2012

Beginning April 1, 2012 – the Facebook group Mad Graffiti Week Iran is calling on everyone to stencil in honor of political prisoners. Inspired by and with the support of Egyptian Mad Graffiti Week, the call is for everyone to draw for the human rights movement in Iran, for freedom for political prisoners, for an end to repression and executions, for free expression of the Iranian people and media…