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Iran
MPs urge firms to stop selling Iran censorship tools
The EU parliament urged European companies on Thursday to refrain from selling to technology and services to Iran that could be used by authorities for censorship and surveillance.
Human Rights
Iran
Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly’s Third Committee to consider country situations on merit and vote against any ‘No Action Motions ’
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is preparing to consider draft resolutions on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Myanmar. Amnesty International appeals to…
Iran
“His Continued Detention Is Neither Moral Nor Legal”
Massoumeh Dehghan, wife of human rights lawyer and founding member of Defenders of Human Rights Center Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been inside Evin Prison’s Ward 209 for the past two months, spoke with the International Campaign for Human…
Kurdistan
Kurdish activist sentenced to 3 years in prison
The Campaign for the Defense of Civil and Political Prisoners reported that Branch 2 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced activist Saeed Saedi to two years behind bars for “illegal gathering and collusion against the regime”, and…
Kurdistan
Student Activist Arrested in Sanadaj, Iran
Arman Zamani, another member of the Democratic Union of Kurdish Students, was arrested on November 11 by Iranian authorities in Sanandaj.
Human Rights
Turkish police fire tear gas in quake city
VAN, Turkey - Riot police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse protesters angry at the state's relief efforts after the second earthquake in eastern Turkey in three weeks killed at least 12 people in the city of Van.
Iran
Amnesty International Campaign for Kurdish journalist Kaboudvand jailed in Iran
Amnesty International demanded the “urgent” and “unconditioned” release of Kurdish journalist and human rights defender Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand who has been in jail in Iran since 2007.
Iran
UN Committee Says Iran Fails to Uphold the Majority of Civil and Political Rights
On 4 November 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued its concluding observations regarding Iran’s record of upholding civil and political rights. The Committee, which is comprised of leading human rights experts, raised…
Iran
Stoning YouTube, Facebook, And Google In Iran
The "stoning of the devil" is one of the rituals performed at the hajj during which pilgrims throw pebbles at three pillars that represent the devil. At a recent exhibition of digital media in Iran, a similar ritual was reportedly staged…
Iran
The sale of any technology aimed at repressing the opposition in Iran must be stopped
The Islamic Republic of Iran has shown that it’s efforts in achieving growth and excellence in science and technology are not for the good of its citizens, but rather for strengthening the power of the regime.