Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Puzzling Executions and Policing in Iranian Society, Fariba Davoodi

During the past few weeks a new wave of executions in Iran started and is growing. These executions are for various convictions such as drug possession and trafficking, armed robbery and murder. In the past few days,

Women Restricted by Government Imposed Regulations

A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from April 30th to May 6th 2012 Headlines in Iranian news about women included issues such as the poor conditions of female prisoners, opposition to increased political participation by women in parliament by the head of the women’s issues and family center, unemployment of 35,000 midwives,

Authorities Increase Sentences of Political Prisoners

A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from April 23rd to April 29th 2012 Last week Iranian Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Khamenei responded to fatwa requests concerning social media websites such as Facebook and anti-filters by announcing that “compliance to the laws

Wartime Crisis Is the Excuse for Official Restrictions on the Press

A Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran from April 17th to April 22nd 2012 During the past week, a new set of regulations from the Ahmadinejad administration forced news agencies to disclose their news sources and banned them from publicizing information concerning the closure of a media outlet or its filtering