A Victory for the Internet In a ground-breaking vote on an issue that affects all of us, the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday endorsed a resolution upholding the principle of freedom of expression and information on the Internet.
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Iran sanctions affect United Arab Emirates trade
Tensions between Iran and the West are rising and the US says sanctions are beginning to have an effect in Iran.
31 Women Drivers Forced out of United Bus Company of Tehran
Farahnaz Shiri together with 30 other women bus drivers have been forced out of the United Bus Company of Tehran (UBCT) while none of them knows the reason for the mandatory buyback of their employment service.
We welcome the United Nations, and ask that you please allow Ahmed Shaheed entry into your country
UK Charge d’Affaires in a response to Mahmoud Ahamadinejad’s comments about the recent riots in Britain said any investigators are welcome in their country and asked that Iran do the same and allow entry to the UN Special Rapporteur.
Free Speech and the Internet
The New York Times – As the United Nations has said, access to the Internet is a human right. A report by the U.N.’s special rapporteur presented last month to the Human Rights Council in Geneva warns that this right is being threatened by governments around the world — democracies included.
UN rights investigator on Iran named
A former foreign minister of the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, was named United Nations human rights investigator on Iran on Friday, the first in nearly a decade.