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10 Mar 2017, 9:34 pm
The new order continues the ban for ninety days on travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen but Iraq is no longer included. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 4:13 pm
The three litigants in this case involved 2 women and all the plaintiffs were not Muslim. [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 12:26 pm
Hengameh Shahidi As the human rights situation in Iran becomes even grimmer, as the government brazenly detains even the most senior politicians in the opposition movement, it is more important than ever to remember the courageous human rights defenders who continue to languish in Iran’s prisons. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 10:30 am
However, the United States is now one of only seven countries that have yet to ratify CEDAW, alongside Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Nauru, Palau and Tonga. [read post]
10 Aug 2020, 12:26 am
Nearly all U.N members have ratified this treaty (in holding out, the United States enjoys the company of Iran, Somalia, and Sudan and a couple of small island nations—see map below). [read post]
15 Sep 2023, 1:32 am
One of the clearer signs can be seen in the preemptive arrests of prominent women’s rights activists in Gilan, a province in northwestern Iran. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 3:04 pm
As of August 2009, the United States is among a small minority of countries that have not yet ratified Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, or the Treaty for the Rights of Women), including Iran and Sudan. [read post]
6 Oct 2023, 4:45 am
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:23 am
Even before the disputed June 12 presidential elections, Iran’s detention facilities were packed with prisoners of conscience, but since then the prisons are overflowing; many of Iran’s leading opposition politicians, journalists, human rights defenders, student leaders and women’s rights activists—if they have not fled the country—are now behind bars. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 6:56 am
Earlier this year Amnesty reported on the Iranian government’s use of executions to address another social problem: a disturbing increase in the incidence of gang rapes of women. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 6:21 am
Today, they are hiding underground inside Afghanistan or live in devastating situations in neighboring countries, such as Pakistan and Iran, with no opportunities for official resettlement as refugees, for example. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 10:04 pm
New Proposal to Iran: Will It Be Enough to Defuse the Nuclear Crisis? [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 1:52 pm
This is a truth to which the noble people of Iran can now bear witness. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 4:54 pm
Some of the stone came from Iran, which stone is considered some of the strongest in the world. [read post]
21 Apr 2017, 4:15 am
Last summer, we announced our plans to take over the operation of the Women & Justice caselaw collection, which has been created by Cornell Law’s Avon Center prior to its closure. [read post]
2 May 2024, 7:44 am
Iranian women have faced arrest for being photographed without hijabs. [read post]
11 Jan 2023, 6:30 am
Shuttering a business to force compliance with Iran’s strict laws for women’s dress is a familiar tactic to Shaparak Shajarizadeh. [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 2:41 pm
But the U.S. remains one of only seven countries, including Iran, Sudan, Somalia, and three small Pacific Island countries (Nauru, Palau and Tonga), that have not yet ratified CEDAW. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 8:14 am
Ms Saberi insightfully observes that being a guard in a women’s prison is considered a very respectable job for the lower-middle class religious women who work there. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 10:33 am
Women can only be married to one man at a time. [read post]
