Archive: Women
Executive Summary: Baluchistan: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
Date: December 9, 2023Venue: London School of Economics (LSE) On December 9, 2023, ACI hosted a one-day seminar titled ‘Baluchistan: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All,’ addressing critical human rights issues and systemic injustices in the Baluchistan region. The seminar highlighted the challenges faced by the Iranian Baloch people over the past four decades, including discrimination, poverty, and violations of their religious, ethnic, and linguistic rights. Additionally, the seminar addressed the disproportionate use of the
Written by ACI in 27 December 24 Read more
‘Baluchistan’: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All
The situation of civil, political, economic, social, cultural rights of the Iranian Baloch people December 9, 2023 - Marshall Building, LSE - London ACI is holding its fifty second international conference dedicated to the plight of the Iranian Baloch People to coincide with the seventy fifth anniversary of UN Human Rights Day with its theme of ‘Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All’. This one day seminar proposes to discuss the wider dimensions of poverty, multidimensional
Written by ACI in 5 December 23 Read more
‘Balochistan’ – ‘Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All’
Press Release : ‘Tehran funds Hamas while starving children at home’. The situation of civil, political, economic, social, cultural rights of the Iranian Baloch People Saturday 9 December 2023 - 10:00-13:00 English, 14:00-18:00 Persian Marshall Theatre, The Marshall Building, LSE, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY (On Saturday the Entrance is accessed through Portugal Street opposite the LSE Library) SPEAKERS LIST One day seminar in London examines possible ‘crimes against humanity’ committed against Iranian
Written by ACI in 30 November 23 Read more
‘Balochistan’: ‘Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All’
The situation of civil, political, economic, social, cultural rights of the Iranian Baloch People Saturday 9 December 2023 - Central London Space is limited so please registerList of Speakers ACI would like to announce ACI its fifty second international conference dedicated to the plight of the Iranian Baloch People to coincide with the seventy fifth anniversary of UN Human Rights Day with its theme of ‘Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All’. This one day seminar
Written by ACI in 21 November 23 Read more
Thank you ECOSOC – Thank you CSW!
The expulsion of the Islamic Republic from the Commission on the Status of Women is an unprecedented step taken by the UN and the international community. Thank you for hearing us and taking this extraordinary step. Discrimination against the women and girls of Iran is as old as the Islamic Republic. Gender and religious discrimination are legal, systematic and institutional on every level and aspect of their lives. For forty-three years the women’s movement has
Written by ACI in 16 December 22 Read more
Vote to remove the Islamic Republic from CSW
ACI once again adds its voice of outrage at the election of the Islamic Republic in 2021 and supports its expulsion from CSW. It is tragic that the beautiful young life of Mahsa Jina Amini had to be lost before the world opened up its eyes to the systemic and institutional discrimination of girls and women in Iran, in law and in practice, for the last forty three years. The boiling point for the stifled
Written by ACI in 14 December 22 Read more
‘The Revolution is not televised’
#Qatar2022 Group B: Iran, England, Wales, USA As football fever is about to grip the world for the next few weeks many Iranians inside and outside the country are choosing to not support the team from the Islamic Republic. Stars of Iranian soccer like Ali Daei, and Ali Karimi have turned down FIFA's invitation to attend the games in support of the protestors. 10 year old Kian Pirfalak, pictured above, is one of the latest
Written by ACI in 19 November 22 Read more
ACI CONDEMS THE ELECTION OF IR TO CSW
UN Women Commission on the Status of Women ACI has been fighting the election of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s election to the Commission on the Status of Women for many years. We are outraged that in 2021 a regime that blatantly and systematically continues to discriminate against women and girls in law and in practice has been elected as a member of a body tasked with “promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's
Written by ACI in 21 April 21 Read more
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
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