An open letter by the “International Organisation To Preserve Human Rights in Iran” addressed to Hojatoleslam Ali Younesi, the adviser of President Hassan Rouhani on political and security affairs in matters relating to ethnic and religious in Iran. Dear Hojatoleslam Ali Younesi, As you are aware, it has been a while since the repression […]
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Shirin Ebadi’s open letter to Ban Ki-Moon Convince Iranian authorities to be more considerate toward Sufis and other religious communities
Tehran, 20-09-2014, security forces attacked and arrested Gonabadi Sufis who were going to stage a peace rally in front of the Prosecutor General’s Office. On the same day, Shirin Ebadi, the lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the head of Defenders of Human Rights Center, wrote an open letter to Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the […]
Political Activist Mohammad Maleki, 80, Writes Open Letter to President About Harassment of Family Members
At a February 4 speech at a gathering of university chancellors and heads of educational and research centers, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani asked the Iranian academic world, “Why is the university silent? Why should a bunch of illiterate individuals who get paid from certain sectors talk, but the eminent, the academics, and our professors […]
Joint open letter to Iranian president Rouhani
We, the undersigned representatives of human rights and civil society organizations, are writing to express our concern at the continuing and systematic state persecution of individuals perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. For at least the past decade, the authorities have used articles of the Islamic Penal Code criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual […]
Open letter to the eight candidates in the Islamic Republic’s 11th presidential election
Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter to the eight approved candidates in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s 11th presidential election, requesting that they publicly commit themselves to support freedom of information. The list of eight approved candidates published yesterday by the Guardian Council – whose members are directly chosen and appointed by […]
Open letter to the newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran
Of one Essence is the human race, Thusly has Creation put the Base; One Limb impacted is sufficient, For all Others to feel the Mace. Iranian poet Saadi (~1200-1292) Dr. Ahmed Shaheed UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran c/o Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais […]