April 2011
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Prominent Human Rights Lawyer, Mohammad Seifzadeh... →
Seifzadeh who disappeared two weeks ago, is in jail according to his lawyer, Marzieh Nykara. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has demanded for his immediate release and expressed serious concern for his baseless detention and reported ill health. Seifzadeh has been denied access to his attorney, and other internationally guaranteed due process rights.
“The arrest of Mohammad...
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Shirin Ebadi on Iran, Human Rights, and 'The... →
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi sat down with Tehran Bureau to discuss her new book and Iranian politics and human rights:
A few questions about current events before turning to the book. On Monday you wrote to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights about the situation in Khuzestan. What started as peaceful demonstrations by members of the Sunni Arab-speaking population there,...
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Iranian Parliament Proposes Bill Outlawing Dog... →
Lawmakers in Tehran have recently proposed a bill in parliament that would criminalize dog ownership, formally enshrining its punishment within the country’s Islamic penal code. The bill warns that that in addition to posing public health hazards, the popularity of dog ownership “also poses a cultural problem, a blind imitation of the vulgar culture of the West.” The proposed legislation...
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Renown Iranian Director, Jafar Panahi, Imprisoned... →
Panahi, who won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 1995 for The White Balloon, was convicted of making propaganda against the ruling regime in Iran last December. He was jailed for six years and banned from directing films for 20 years.
A prominent supporter of the protests that followed Iran’s disputed presidential election in 2009, Panahi was arrested for joining in mourning for...
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“Those of us who aren’t oppressed live too close to oppression, or participate in...”
– A Passover wish for Muslims, from The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg (via kateoplis)
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“A little is known about the Safavids and their doctrine. They are known for...”
– Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti today
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Iran bans foreign cooking shows on state TV →
Next up: Iran bans everyone from leaving the country.
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Jailed Iranian Journalist Awarded UNESCO Media... →
UNESCO has chosen Ahmed Zeidabadi, the former editor in chief of “Azad” newspaper and a contributor to the BBC’s Persian service, as the recipient of its Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Zeidabadi was among hundreds arrested in the crackdown that followed mass protests against Iran’s disputed June 2009 presidential election. He is serving a six-year jail sentence...
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