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.
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 [...]
Baha’i International Community issues open letter to Larijani
From the Baha’i International Community: NEW YORK — In an open letter to the head of Iran’s Judiciary, the Baha’i International Community today contrasted the country’s persecution of Baha’is with Iran’s own call for Muslim minorities to be treated fairly in other countries. “We…request that the Baha’is in that country be granted their full rights [...]
Iranian students defy clampdown, heightened security on Student Day (16 Azar Synopsis)
Cross-posted from Students4Iran.org On December 7, 2010 Iranian students defied a security clampdown and marked 16 Azar (Iran Student Day) to hold protests. Video footage trickled out of Iran showing gatherings chanting and singing protest songs across university campuses in several cities, including Tehran, Ghazvin, Tabriz, Hamedan, and Zahedan. DaneshjooNews.com has posted several pictures from [...]
GDA Supporters
United4Iran had the sponsorship of the following organizations & Nobel Peace Prize winners for the July 25th Global Day of Action: 42 Arab Human Rights Organizations Amnesty International FIDH Frontline Human Rights Watch International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Iranian League for Defense of Human Rights (LDDHI) Nobel Women’s Initiative PeaceJam Physicians for Human [...]
Les artistes iraniens toujours verts de rage
La nouvelle a sans doute interpellé Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, le président iranien. Le célèbreMohammad Reza Shajarian maestro de la musique traditionnelle persane, confiait ainsi mi-novembre à une journaliste de l’AP qu’il avait exigé que la radio et la télévision d’Etat cessent de diffuser son oeuvre… “Après la répression de cet été, j’ai dit ‘Stop’ “ affirmait-il. A [...]
