Archive: Human Rights
SEXUAL ABUSE OF FEMALE PRISONERS CONSTITUTES TORTURE
Ref: 206/M/510 Date: Tuesday, 06 November 2012 In a letter addressed to the head of notorious Evin prison, Ali Ashraf Rostami Aghdam, thirty three female prisoners of conscience expressed their outrage at the brutality with which they were stripped and cavity searched. They state in no uncertain terms that the treatment they received and the manner in which they were searched was nothing short of sexual abuse. They have vowed never again. They assert that
Written by ACI in 6 November 12 Read more
‘The International Day for the Right to the Truth’
Ref: 205 / M / 509 Date: 24 March 2012 ‘The International Day for the Right to the Truth’ concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims 24th of March 2012 marks the second ‘International Day for the Right to the Truth’. This day recognises the right of the families to the truth regarding the fate of their loved ones at the hands of their persecutors. It honours the memory of victims
Written by ACI in 24 March 12 Read more
International Women’s Day 2012 and the Family Protection Bill in Iran
Date: 8 March 2012 International Women’s Day 2012 and the Family Protection Bill in Iran While the world celebrates international women’s day today Iranian women face further legalised discrimination. On 6 March 2012, the outgoing eighth Islamic Consultative Assembly (the parliament) passed articles of the [anti] Family Protection Bill that allows polygamy allows temporary marriage lasting from a negotiated few minutes to a number of years allows girls of thirteen and younger to be married remains
Written by ACI in 8 March 12 Read more
The unveiling of “40 Tekeh”
[gallery columns="4" ids="395,396,390,385"] Foreign Press Association, 25 Northumberland Avenue London WC2N 5AP Read Amnesty International interview with Roya Kashefi On the occasion of the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 4 x 1 meter protest banner made in Iran was unveiled by Association des Chercheurs Iraniens (ACI) in collaboration with the International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI). Called “Chehel Tekeh,” the banner is supported by 15,000 names, addresses and signatures from
Written by ACI in 25 November 11 Read more
Lake Oroumieh: urgent environmental crisis unfolding in North West of Iran
Ref: 201 / M / 501 Date: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 HE Ban Ki-Moon UN Secretary General UN – New York Your Excellency, I would like to draw your attention to an urgent environmental crisis unfolding in North West of Iran with national, regional and global consequences. Lake Oroumieh, the world’s third largest salt lake and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, is drying up at an alarming rate due to drought, misguided irrigation
Written by ACI in 30 August 11 Read more
LIST OF PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
LIST OF NAMES (this list was first prepared in December 2009) امضاهای جمع شده به شورای حقوق بشر فوریه - مارس 2011 اعلام مجدد شد و در دست پیگیری سالانه می باشد http://www.gopetition.com/petition/32775.html زندانیان کرد محکوم به اعدام Kurdish Prisoners on Death Row اسامی محکومان به اعدام در خوزستان On Death Row in Khuzestan اسامی محکومان به اعدام در بلوچستان On Death Row in Baluchistan اسامی محکومان به اعدام در تهران و دیگر زندانها اسامی
Written by ACI in 1 March 11 Read more
Protest Against Executions in Iran
Ref: 173/M/386 Date: Sunday, 09 May 2010 His Excellency Ban Ki Moon Secretary General of the United Nations Dear Secretary General, Escalation of Executions in Iran letter in pdf We write to register our strongest protest at the increasing number of executions in Iran. Among the five executed this morning[i] three had their cases open and under review. While in detention they were repeatedly tortured, ill treated and degraded and deprived of
Written by ACI in 9 May 10 Read moreIslamic Republic and membership of CSW
Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 Ref: 172/M/384 His Excellency Hamidon Ali President of ECOSOC UN - NY Your Excellency, Islamic Republic and membership of CSW We are writing to express our grave concern at the news that the Islamic Republic may be joining the Commission on the Status of Woman. With respect Sir, this is a warning to a Commission whose function and duty is to ensure gender equality and advancement of women globally
Written by ACI in 27 April 10 Read more
صدای هم باشیم
کمپین علیه هرگونه مجازات اعدام در ایران دانلود پی دی اف پنجشنبه هشتم بهمن ماه 1388، مرد جوانی در ایران اعدام شد. در زمان وقوع جرائم انتصابی او بیشتر از 16 – 17 سال نمی توانسته داشته باشد. به این معنی او یکی دیگر از قربانیان سیاسی اعدامهای زیر 18 سال بود. اعترافات او زیر فشار و تهدید و در حالیکه خواهر باردارش در اطاق بازجوئی و در حضور او تهدید می شد گرفته
Written by ACI in 3 February 10 Read more“Be Our Voice” against executions in Iran Campaign
“Be Our Voice!” Download PDF: 190KB London, 3 February 2010 - On 27 January 2010, a young man was executed in Iran. At the time of his alleged offence he could not have been more than 16 or 17. He is the first juvenile offender convicted and executed on political charges. He made his ‘confession’ under duress while watching his pregnant sister being threatened by security forces. She later lost the baby. Arrested two months
Written by ACI in 3 February 10 Read more