United4Iran London

Human Rights Film Night – September 22, 2011

Amnesty International, Hampstead will present a showcase of short films on human rights issues, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers. Featuring animation, documentary, and fiction, the showcase offers a global portrait of human rights issues related to Amnesty’s campaigns, including refugees and asylum, women’s human rights, and prisoners of conscience. The short films include Jafar Panahi’s film The Accordion (2010/ Iran/ 9 mins).

It is a story of two child street musicians that find their livelihood threatened when their accordion is taken away by force, but resolve their situation in a novel way. An uplifting tale steeped with many meanings from Iranian director Jafar Panahi. Internationally acclaimed for feature films such as The Circle (winner of the Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival) and Offside, Panahi has recently been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the Iranian regime and banned from making films for 20 years.

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Time: Begins at 8:30pm
Location: 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
Tickets: £9.50

Profits will go to Amnesty International
Suitable for ages 15+
Learn More, See Full Programme & Book Tickets Here: http://www.tricycle.co.uk/current-programme-pages/cinema-program/cinema/human-rights-film-night/

PAST EVENTS

IRAN: Human Rights in Crisis Freedom of Religion and the Rights of Women
Wednesday 15 June 2011 – 4pm- 6pm
House of Commons - Committee Room 10

It has been three years since the arrest of seven Bahá’í leaders in Iran. They were detained on capital charges that their lawyer, Nobel laureate Dr Shirin Ebadi, has said are baseless. The seven Bahá’ís are today being held in appalling conditions – and the lives of the two women are in danger. To mark this anniversary, the All Party Parliamentary Friends of the Bahá’ís invites you to join the UK Bahá’í community, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and United 4 Iran, for a seminar on the freedom of religion and belief and the rights of women in Iran.

Participants

Louise Ellman MP Chairman
Omid Djalili Actor and Comedian
Mike Gapes MP Foreign Affairs Committee
Shadi Sadr Iranian lawyer and women’s rights activist
Dr Khataza Gondwe Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Dr Nazila Ghanea, Oxford University

The Green Wave
25 March

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London from 24 March – 1 April with a programme packed full of documentaries and dramas set to inspire, inform and trigger debate. This year, in association with the Festival, we are delighted to present the UK premiere of The Green Wave. Interweaving animated blogs and tweets with mobile phone footage and interviews, Ali Samadi Ahadi’s documentary charts the widespread hope of political change in Iran during the 2009 elections – and the subsequent brutal suppression of the mass protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election. It is a remarkable portrait of modern political rebellion, an exposé of government-sanctioned violence, and a vision of hope. Ali Samadi Ahadi will be present for a Q&A for the Sunday and Monday night screenings of his film.