LONDON (AFP) — World leaders and politicians guilty of human rights abuses will be banned from entering Britain for the 2012 London Olympics, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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Iran: Bank Melli management board members banned from leaving Iran over fraud case
Payvand – Members of the management board of Bank Melli Iran have been prohibited from leaving the country over the $2.6 billion financial fraud case, Mehdi Farahani, an official at the office of the Tehran prosecutor general, announced in Tehran on Sunday.
Press TV banned from German Satellite
Munich’s media regulatory office (BLM) has ordered the SES Astra satellite to stop broadcasting the Islamic Republic’s English-language network, Press TV.
Jafar Panahi was banned from directing or editing
Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not A Film demonstrates by the simple fact of its existence that the political oppression of difficult artists a tradition as ancient and venerable as art itself is alive and well in modern Iran.
Dozens of women banned from university because of ‘un-Islamic veiling’
Reports from the Tehran Science and Industry University show that in the past few days, a number of female university students received disciplinary sentences for having ‘un-Islamic veiling’.
Head of Airport Police says ‘improperly veiled women’ will be banned from travel
The head of the Airport Police said that the police would “give guidance to those who do not follow the Islamic dress code”.
Iranian women banned from kick boxing in Iran
Kurdistan security forces seize over 60,000 satellite dishes and arrest 1,900 people for watching satellite channels.
Iranian advocacy council: “For the 6th consecutive year, student activists are banned from pursuing higher education”
The Advocacy Council for the Right to Education’s Declaration on *Starred StudentsFor the sixth consecutive year, [Iranian authorities] have barred students from pursuing higher education.
Women banned from working as secretaries in Bushehr offices
The Bushehr Governor cited the ban on the use of female secretaries for [company] managers and said, “The plan for gender segregation for office employees in Bushehr will be carried out”…
Pro-Reform Newspaper Banned In Iran
The Iranian state news agency IRNA reports that the country’s leading reformist newspaper has been banned for two months for “spreading lies.”