The history of human rights is a long one, filled both with incredible triumphs of human respect and dignity, but also with debilitating and often violent regresses – the product of division, short-sightedness, and hatred.
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No Celebration of 2012 World Human Rights Day in Iran
Every year on December 10, countries around the world honor World Human Rights Day. This year, the United Nation’s focus was the right to all people “to make their voices heard in public life and be included in political decision-making.
International Human Rights Day
Because on this date in 1948, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The history is well covered in this Wikipedia article, so I will not recapitulate it.
Interview with Ahmed Shaheed
The international pressure on Iran in human rights issues is ever growing. In a resolution of November 27th the United Nations Third Committee of the General Assembly has called on the government of Iran to stop its massive human rights violations.
Why We Should ‘Adopt’ Iranian Women Prisoners of Conscience
The plight of Iranian women prisoners of conscience was under the radar. Now that many names of those in Evin prison have been published, these courageous women must not be forgotten and the Iranian government should be pressured for their immediate release.
Iran’s Ebadi Wants EU To Focus On Human Rights
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has told the European Parliament to pay more attention to the human rights situation in her country.
Time for Brazil to Change Its UN Vote on Iran (Commentary)
In an opened published today in the Brazilian newspaper, O Estado de São Paulo, Camila Lissa Asano and Hadi Ghaemi discuss why Brazil should change its upcoming vote from Abstention and positively support an annual UN General Assembly resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran.
European Parliament urges Iranian authorities to stop human rights violations
The Iranian blogger Sattar Behesht was arrested and tortured to death by Iran’s cyber-police known also as Fata. Sattar Behesht had been accused that he was acting against the national security. The European Parliament published yesterday a new resolution on human rights situation in Iran.
A Brief Report on Human Rights Situation in Iran in Aban 1391 [October- November 2012]
Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Defender and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in continuation of her monthly reports, has reviewed the human rights situation in Iran in Aban 1391 [October- November 2012].
Wife of imprisoned lawyer sentenced to one year in prison
Wife of imprisoned lawyer and member of Defenders of Human Rights Center sentenced to one year in prison and banned from leaving Iran.