September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Saturday, September 17 · 5:00pm – 8:00pm
George Washington University-Funger Hall (2201 G Street, NW)
Washington DC, USA
Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221466184555217
“Towards a Democratic Middle East”
Conference organized by: Solidarity Committee to Protect the Iranian People’s Will
Confirmed Speakers (and regions represented):
- Akbar Ganji- Iran
- Joe Stork- Human Rights Watch
- Dr. Radwan Ziadeh- Syria- Director of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
- Ms. Douja Mamelouk, PH. D- Tunisia- University of Tennessee Professor
- Sahar Mohamed Khamis- Egypt- Maryland University
- Mr. Aly R Abuzaakouk-Libya- Executive Director of the Libyan Human and Political Forum
June 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Friday, June 17 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm Universität Köln Hauptgebäude, Albertus-Magnus Platz 1, UG, Hörsaal 2, Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1 Host: UNITED 4 IRAN Köln . Bonn Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168734223191269 Two years have passed since the disputed presidential elections in Iran. Since then, Iranian civil society has come under massive pressure and is facing an uphill battle. The event [...]
June 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Learn more at 12June.org. June 12, 2011: A Day to Reconnect, Recommit, & Remember Today, nearly two years since Iran’s disputed election, many of Iran’s best and brightest face extremely unjust imprisonment and sentences for daring to voice dissent. Hundreds continue to endure systematic persecution, detentions, torture – and worse – simply for their faith, ethnicity [...]
May 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
June 8, 2011 Iran Mission to the UN in Manhattan (622 Third Avenue) Please be there by 10:15am – Begins at 10:30am Amnesty International will carry out an action on Wednesday June 8 at the Iran Mission to the UN in Manhattan, located at 622 Third Avenue. We invite you to join the action and [...]
May 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Monday, June 13 6-9 pm Meet at South East Corner of Michigan & Congress Amnesty International is hosting an event on Monday evening June 13 as part of its Azadi Square Campaign, to shine a light on ongoing human rights violations in Iran, especially the plight of imprisoned human rights defenders. At 6pm activists will [...]
May 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
By: Elise Auerbach, Amnesty International USA’s Iran & Jordan Country Specialist May 18, 2011 at 10:44 AM On May 22 one young man will turn 25. But he will not be able to celebrate his birthday with friends and family as many young men would. Instead, Majid Tavakkoli will be spending his 25thbirthday in a dank and [...]
Written by: Elise Auerbach, Iran & Jordan Country Specialist, Amnesty International USA Shortly after the Iranian Revolution in 1979, authorities renamed a large public square in Tehran Meidan-e Azadi, or Azadi Square. This square was the site of large demonstrations in the wake of the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential elections; thousands of peaceful protesters were arrested, beaten [...]
April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
April 13th, 2011 at 7:00pm The Lock Tavern Pub 35 Chalk Farm Rd London NW1 8AJ (Nearest Tube – Chalk Farm) Join Amnesty at the Lock Tavern, Camden pub for an evening of letter writing and a few drinks. We’ll be writing on behalf of people on Amnesty’s urgent action list – people who are [...]
April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Tuesday, April 19 · 3:30pm – 5:30pm The New School 66 West 12th Street, Room 404 New York, NY Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122116594533352 Ideology, Advocacy, and Exile: Conversation with Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi will talk with students and New York-based activists about her new memoir, The Golden Cage, and [...]
April 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Friday, April 22 6:30pm – 10:00pm Mulford Hall 159, UC Berkeley CA Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202345826464279 Speakers: Ms. Firuzeh Mahmoudi & Dr. Farhad Sabetan This event will focus on systematic academic discriminations in Iran including violations of the right to education against religious minorities including the Baha’i, ethnic minorities, Afghan refugees, and women. The discriminatory starred system will [...]
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