Worldwide Action Calls for Immediate Release of Bahá’í Leaders and Other Iranian Prisoners of Conscience
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.
100 Hours Behind Bars (Vienna, Austria)
In a symbolic act, one Vienna activist from Amnesty imprisoned himself publicly behind prison bars from 19 to 23 Sept (totaling 100 hours). Event organizers and participants gathered at this days long event to demand the release of Iran’s prisoners of conscience, the abolishment of executions, and equal rights for women. During those 100 hours, the “imprisoned” [...]
Brazil Rallies Against Religious Intolerance
Content below abbreviated from Comunidade Bahai do Brasil On the main street of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – one of the world’s most famous beachfronts in the world – members of various religions gathered on September 18th, 2011 to claim the right to freedom of belief during the 4th annual Religious Freedom Walk. According to the official [...]
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, Union Leaders, Human Right Defenders’ Statement of Support for Mansour Ossanlou and Iran’s Workers
We as workers, trade union members, human rights advocates and empathetic individuals are increasingly concerned about the human rights abuses that many Iranian workers have been and are being subjected to as we write. We are aware that many have lost their lives, others are currently in prison, many are sick and are not [...]
Workers’ Rights are Human Rights: Support Iran’s Union Activists this May Day
What is May Day? Across the world on May 1 (May Day), unions and labor groups will mark International Workers’ Day (sometimes called Labor Day) with demonstrations and celebrations. To commemorate May Day and the international labor movement, workers and their labor unions often organize marches and rallies. Workers’ Rights in Iran Iranian workers are [...]
Law Society appeals to President Ahmadinejad for release of human rights defender and her husband
Date Published: 17/01/2011 The Law Society has appealed directly to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to release imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and her husband Reza Khandan, who was also arrested and detained today. In September last year Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘propaganda [...]
National Lawyers Guild Urges the Release of Human Rights Defenders in Iran
Statement of support for the safe release Iran’s human rights defenders The National Lawyers Guild expresses its support and solidarity with Iran’s human rights defenders who have been prosecuted and/or arrested due to their human rights activities. The National Lawyers Guild is especially concerned for the well being of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a colleague of Nobel [...]
European Democratic Lawyers (AED): Letter to IRI Authorities Voicing Concerns Over the State of Iran’s Human Rights Defenders
Read the Letter [English] – [Farsi] – [French: PDF] On the eve of the Human Rights Day 2010 (themed “human rights defenders”), the AED (European Democratic Lawyers) expressed concern in a letter to Iranian authorities regarding the situation of the right of defense in Iran and the constraints, threats, and restrictions lawyers suffer. The letter [...]
Italy’s “Women in Black” calls for release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
English – Farsi – Italian “La Donne in Nero” Call for Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release Italy’s Donne in Nero (translated to Women in Black and akin to the “Mourning Mothers”) has joined the worldwide call strongly urging the Islamic Republic to release detained human rights defender, Nasrin Sotoudeh. This woman’s organization is also encouraging the global [...]
Pietro Marcenaro – President of the Special Commission for Human Rights of the Italian Senate – declares support for Nasrin Sotoudeh and Shirin Ebadi Geneva Sit-in (Eng/Far/Ita)
[English] – [Farsi] – [Italian] On Monday, December 20, 2010 a group of Iranian women, including Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, began a sit-in in front of the UN Office in Geneva to urge the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights defender detained since September 4th for her activities. The Special Commission [...]
