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20 May 2024, 6:00 am
His government has also faced years of mass protests over the ailing economy and women’s rights — making the moment that much more sensitive. [read post]
19 May 2024, 11:25 pm
Meanwhile, Iran has faced years of mass protests against its Shiite theocracy over its ailing economy and women’s rights – making the moment that much more sensitive for Tehran and the future of the country. [read post]
7 May 2010, 12:33 pm
Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, and the United States. [read post]
23 Oct 2023, 9:54 am
Notably, Iran announced the return of morality police on July 16 this year, the responsibility of whom is to patrol the streets, enforcing Article 638 of the Islamic Penal Code, which forces women to wear hijab. [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 9:55 am
Good job Iran!... [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 11:58 am
Nazi Paikidze, 22, shook up the chess world over the weekend when the US women’s champion announced she’s boycotting the Women’s World Chess Championship in Iran in February instead of complying with the country’s law that women cover up with a hijab. [read post]
22 Jan 2005, 2:39 pm
[JURIST] Updating a report from earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, the official IRNA news agency [media website; English version] is reporting that Gholamhossein Elham, a spokesperson for Iran's Guardian Council, has rejected reports that quoted him saying women could run for president. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 11:17 am
Amnesty recommends that Iran release everyone who is still imprisoned for peacefully protesting. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 11:39 am
Why is this happening in Iran? [read post]
10 Jan 2023, 12:27 pm
” He also commented that: The Government of Iran would better serve its interests and those of its people by listening to their grievances, and by undertaking the legal and policy reforms necessary to ensure respect for diversity of opinion, the rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and the full respect and protection of the rights of women in all areas of life. [read post]
15 Jan 2024, 2:00 pm
Photos and videos were posted on social media celebrating the women. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 6:30 am
Iran has also cut off fuel exports to Kurdistan since the vote last week. [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 6:21 am
Sadly, the Iranian authorities have not lived up to this legacy, as can be seen by the mock trials, false imprisonments, torture, child executions, and lack of equality for women in Iran today. [read post]
21 May 2008, 10:05 am
Iranian authorities have blocked access to several websites and blogs of women's rights advocates and journalists critical of the government, a press report said. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 7:00 am
In the interview, MBS emphasized the progress that Saudi Arabia has made on social reforms—especially plans to integrate women into public spaces and and the workforce—and downplayed human rights abuses and allegations of torture during the country’s crackdown on corruption. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 4:52 pm
Please remember the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan! [read post]
6 Sep 2007, 8:37 am
Both women, dual nationals, had been detained by the Iranian government on charges... [read post]
26 Feb 2023, 11:26 am
Said Kimia, 23, a graduate student in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj, quoted in "Their Hair Long and Flowing or in Ponytails, Women in Iran Flaunt Their Locks/Defiant resistance to Iran’s mandatory hijab law has exploded across the country after nationwide protests that erupted last year" (NYT).Even many religious women who wear a hijab by choice have joined the campaign to repeal the law.... [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 6:42 am
Female Prisoners of Conscience (starting top left, clockwise): Diane Rwigara (Rwanda), Khadija Ismayilova (Azerbaijan, now released), Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee (Iran), and Atena Daemi (Iran) Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, let us take a moment to consider the plight of female prisoners of conscience, a group of women distinguished both by their exceptional heroism and by their extreme vulnerability. [read post]
8 Mar 2024, 1:55 pm
Today is International Women’s Day, a day celebrating the achievements of women globally but also a day marking a call to action for accelerating equality and improving the lives of women the world over. [read post]
