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crease in the burden borne by women extended term for un special rapporteur on human rights in iran the report presented by the un special rapporteur on human rights in iran dr ahmad shaheed was discussed at length in the iranian blogosphere there was wide agreement among activists and organizations that the report was comprehensive and accurate more than 20 organizations signed a letter urging the retention of the special rapporteur the country mandate has mobilized in an unprecedented manner iranians both inside and outside the country to engage with the international community in meeting after meeting victims and activists have told us that they see the office of the special rapporteur as a critical focal point for documenting rights abuses and an impartial and reliable channel of communication between victims and the united nations and its member states in this regard the special rapporteur fulfills an important role for iranian survivors of human rights violations which is denied to them in iran last week a second year was indeed added to his mandate arseh sevom has been following this story on its persian site iranian human rights activists at an international meeting in geneva the need for human rights education in iran torture and oppression of prisoners iranian journalist wins british media award while another spends his 999th day in evin radio farda interviewed amir taheri who was awarded international journalist of the year by the british media foundation eighty journalists signed a letter to the imprisoned journalist massoud bastani on the occasion of his 999th day in evin prison they thanked him for his resistance courage and nobility in the face of brutality and imprisonment who would ve guessed news that chinese companies have been supplying iran with surveillance technologies since at least 2010 has come as no surprise to many human rights activist anita hunt tweeted lissnup 14 months after you saw it on twitter reuters does a special on china selling iran snooping software http snup us v6x it should also come as no surprise that these technologies are often used to track down dissenters in related news china has been using malware to attack macs used by ngos focusing on issues related to tibet activists should expect similar actions from iran eu sanctions human rights abusers and bans export of surveillance tech china is not the only country providing surveillance technology to iran the eu is home to a number of companies that have provided surveillance and monitoring capabilities in the past this past week the eu banned these sales to iran in addition 17 human rights abusers in iran were sanctioned by the eu enduring america has the complete list on its site marietje schaake a member of the european parliament told arseh sevom in the midst of all the talk about possible military actions against iran these important new human rights sanctions signal the eu s ongoing concern about the systematic violation of the iranian s fundamental rights and freedoms by banning the export of european made information and communication technologies ict and operational services used for surpression and by targeting those within the iranian regime responsible for the massive censorship and monitoring of internet and mobile communication traffic the eu seeks to prevent the successful establishment of an electronic firewall and the national internet which would cut off iranians from the open world wide web sustainable change in iran can only come from within therefore the international community should stand by the iranian people and preserve an ongoing dialogue both online and offline how difficult that may be in my opinion democatization and human rights should be elevated even higher on the political agenda a holiday reprieve for some communication blackout for others the holiday of norooz gave some relief to political prisoners such as mehdi karroubi who after four months was allowed to see his family the guardian reported the news about karroubi comes after several activists and journalists were given temporary leave from prison for the nowruz holiday journalist ali mousavi khalkhali singer arya aramnejad activist mehdi khazali and parvin mokhtarea the mother of human rights activist kouhyar goudarzi were among those let out of prison for nowruz there was no news on whether mir hossein mousavi another opposition leader had been given prison leave most however were left imprisoned without access to family or even telephone calls to bring attention to their situation political prisoners refused all communication in the week after the holiday arab minority targeted for harsh punishments in ahwaz six arab minority political prisoners arrested during a peaceful demonstration were sentenced by the revolutionary court to imprisonment and execution the arab minority in the area continues to be targeted by authorities religious minorities face discrimination on april 1 7 baha i will have been in prison in iran for a combined total of 10 000 days and several cities including amsterdam will be taking action to bring attention to their plight and to that of other prisoners of conscience this comes in the wake of a report on religious freedom issued by the us state department that condemns iran for its discrimination against religious minorities the commission condemned the iranian government for discriminating against its citizens on the basis of their beliefs using imprisonment torture and executions the annual report published tuesday describes how conditions have worsened for the country s religious minorities such as the baha is christians and sufi muslims but even those protected under iran s constitution including jews armenian and assyrian christians and zoroastrians have come under attack a pdf of the report can be downloaded here http www uscirf gov images annual 20report 20of 20uscirf 202012 282 29 pdf israel loves iran finally the facebook campaign launched by a couple of israeli graphic designers ronny edry and michal tamir felt like a norooz gift to many iranians the israel loves iran campaign was started as an attempt to reach out across the divide and start a conversation between israelis and iranians in an interview with arseh sevom to be published later this week a volunteer for the campaign said that in the first days the israeli designers had received over 20 000 emails from iranians all over the world the campaign has captured the imagination of people all over the world and has been featured on al jazeera cnn radio zamaneh and more it resulted in a peace demonstration in tel aviv on saturday evening iranian groups and individuals have also taken up the peace gauntlet posted by tori at 2 35 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ahmad shaheed ahwaz amir taheri anusche noring arab baha china enduring america eu evin facebook israel loves iran karroubi lissnup marietje schaake saturday march 24 2012 unveiling iran my piece on two series of photographs listen by newsha tavakolian and chador by kamran ashtary is up on the swiss publication neuland magazin in 1978 and 1979 life in iran drastically changed this was especially true for women and girls who once again found themselves and their bodies the focus of revolutionary change decades earlier they d been forced to give up the veil in the name of modernity now they were forced to put it back on they could no longer sing or dance in public iranian photographers newsha tavakolian and kamran asthary use their work to respond to a world fundamentally changed click here to read more and to see the photographs posted by tori at 6 51 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels chador hejab hijab iran kamran ashtary listen newsha tavakolian photography thursday march 22 2012 what are you doing 4peace the whole world is watching the phenomena of the israel loves iran campaign https www facebook com israellovesiran i am writing a piece right now about individual and organizational efforts for peace i talked to sany from the israel loves iran campaign who said if it s naive to want peace than i choose to be naive i would love to hear from others as well does anyone out there in the digital vacuum have actions they want to share what are you doing for peace leave a comment posted by tori at 7 13 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 13 2012 save the lorestani salamander human rights report economic squeeze another weekly update from arseh sevom proving there s more to iran than the threat of war a new year greeted with empty pockets joy and trepidation the celebration of iranian new year norooz which falls at the moment of the spring equinox 5 14 am utc or gmt march 20 has managed to survive every political regime and every change of religion it remains autonomous of state control and an example of the configuration in which society stands apart from the state its continuing celebration in iran represents a requisite of a civil society more about civil society here the fast approaching new year is causing a mixture of apprehension and excitement this will be a difficult norooz for many suffering from the bad economic situation in iran where a combination of run away inflation poor economic management and sanctions are really taking their toll the impact of western sanctions is becoming more manifest in the daily life the wall street journal reports we have to keep going says one merchant in a neighborhood shopping district people here are boiling but don t make a sound iran s economy has hit a rough patch even by its own fitful performance standards the most acute problem now is relentlessly rising prices brought on in part by tightening sanctions but also decades of economic mismanagement by iran s own government the inflation rate officially pegged at 20 annually is probably more like 50 according to farhad khorrami an economist at allameh tabatie university in tehran the most recent spur to prices has been a sharp fall in iran s currency triggered largely by fears about the newest round of sanctions announced by the u s and europe the result for working class iranians like 40 year old reza married with two daughters has been struggle if you can t access their site you can read a portion of the article on enduring america director of a separation calls for reinstatement of iran s house of cinema asghar farhadi the director of the award winning film a separation returned to iran where he was met by a joyful crowd upon his return to tehran on 10th of march pointing to the few officials who had come to the airport to congratulate his success asghar farhadi said their real congratulations will only come when the house of cinema iranian alliance of motion picture guilds is reopened only then will i feel happy women s day this week amnesty international praised the role of iranian women in efforts to achieve human rights amnesty international s statement on women s day states iran s women played a key role in massive protests around the june 2009 elections when they advocated for a wide range of human rights reform including greater freedoms for women but the country s women activists continue to pay a high price for their peaceful work amnesty international also urges iranian leadership once again to release nasrin sotoudeh immediately and unconditionally women speak out against war iranian women s activists chose march 8th international women s day to launch a campaign against war on the website change for equality the group writes change for equality war does not happen in the course of a day there is no need for war to land in our cities with a bomb the shadow of war is also frightening the possibility of war too changes the lives of women every day that we spend at war or in conditions of war is filled with the fear of the death of the our achievements which have come about through years of struggle war for us means destructive violence committed against women and children it means more severe crackdowns it signifies the silencing of our demands and civil protest and still our bodies are covered in the dust of the eight year war with iraq and our country is once again faced with the threat of war global voices has an overview here report of special rapporteur on human rights in iran the u n human rights council s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in iran ahmed shaheed released his recent report this week the 36 page report comprises cases of human rights violation such as torture alarming number of executions imprisonment as well as repression of laborers unions women groups students journalists and ethnic minorities ahmed shaeed s report concludes par 69 the special rapporteur has catalogued allegations that produce a striking pattern of violations of fundamental human rights guaranteed under international law he restates his call for the government to respect its international obligations and underscores the pre eminence of international human rights law as it relates to the need to develop domestic laws that are compatible with international human rights laws and national standards this includes the guarantees stipulated in the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination the international covenant on civil and political rights and the international covenant on economic social and cultural rights consequently he urges the government to reconsider the parties and associations law reform plan the bill on the establishment and supervision of non governmental organizations the bill aimed at the review and discipline of members of parliament and the family protection bill as well as security laws to ensure that they do not contravene international standards according to the report the islamic republic has accused the special rapporteur s findings to be void of positive reference to meetings with officials and representatives of civil society the iran human rights documentation center wrote a summary of the report can be found here activists still under constant pressure the iranian prisoner of conscience human rights defender nargess mohammadi was sentenced to six years in prison on the charge of membership in iran s defenders of human rights centre dhrc and assembly and collusion against the national security and propaganda against the islamic republic ms mohammadi s lawyer was notified of her client s sentence confirmation a full 19 days after the decision was made by the judicial authorities many human rights organizations including the observatory for the protection of human rights defenders have condemned the sentence the statement released by the observatory for the protection of human rights defenders reads the organization deplores the relentless harassment of members of the defenders of human rights centre dhrc and more particularly the sentencing on appea...