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Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter SPECIAL ISSUE no.110 – Persian New Year NOWRUZ

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter SPECIAL ISSUE no.110 – Persian New Year NOWRUZ

Saturday 21 March 2015

NEW: March 2015 report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed. Submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 25/24 to the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2015.

Sunday 15 March 2015

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 109 year VII

Armanshahr/OPENASIA HR & Civil Society Newsletter – issue 109 year VII

Sunday 15 March 2015

IRAN: Immediately release journalist detained for over seven months on undisclosed charges

Source: PEN International RAPID ACTION NETWORK 11 March 2015                                                                                                              RAN 06/15 IRAN: Immediately release journalist detained for over seven months on undisclosed charges. PEN International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Washington Post correspondent […]

Thursday 12 March 2015

‘Hands off our bodies’: new manifesto calls on states to end attempts to control women’s lives

Amnesty International has launched a new manifesto demanding that governments around the world end their attempts to control and criminalize women’s and girls’ sexuality and choices.

Thursday 12 March 2015

AIHRC Summary Report on Violence Against Women

Report on violence against women Violence against women is one of the most serious human rights issues in Afghanistan. These violence is imposed on women in various forms which are sometimes very harsh and brutal.

Monday 9 March 2015

Rights groups call on UN experts to intervene on behalf of a Kurdish women’s rights activist on the seventh anniversary of her arrest on Women’s Day

Source: Justice for Iran London, 8 March 2015 – In a petition filed this week, REDRESS and Justice for Iran have urged the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene on behalf of a […]

Sunday 8 March 2015

SPECIAL ISSUE no.108 – International Women’s Day year VII

SPECIAL ISSUE no.108 – International Women’s Day year VII

Sunday 8 March 2015

Letter from the gallows in Iran: “I felt the shadow of execution over my head”

We rarely hear a first-hand account of those languishing on death row in Iran. But a letter has just emerged from Hamed Ahmadi, a man executed on Wednesday 4 March after a grossly unfair trial.

Sunday 8 March 2015

Impunity and Silence: The meagre reaction to the latest HRW report

Source: AAN Author: Thomas Ruttig Date: 4 March 2015 Human rights abuses in Afghanistan no longer make big waves outside the really concerned circles. Yesterday (on 3 March 2015), Human Rights Watch released a hard-hitting piece of […]

Thursday 5 March 2015