Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi says human rights in Iran are bad or even worse under President Hassan Rohani than they were under former President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. Ebadi said the difference is that Ahmadinejad worked to limit human rights, while Rohani has vowed to ease restrictions of expression and eliminate discrimination against women […]
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Ebadi: Citizenship Charter Is Redundant Distraction from Justice
Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate and human rights lawyer, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in an exclusive interview that the draft Citizenship Rights Charter published by Hassan Rouhani in November to solicit input from analysts is redundant and ineffectual, and “is in fact a tool to distract those who […]
Ebadi Criticizes Rohani’s Rights Record
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has criticized the human rights record of President Hassan Rohani. Speaking to the AP news agency, Ebadi highlighted a rise in executions since Rohani took office this year and accused the government of lying about the release of political prisoners. She also pointed to spreading support for […]
On the Non-Legal Letter Written by Jurisprudents
As Iran’s Guardians Council is processing the qualifications of the presidential candidates, the country’s media has reported that 7,456 jurisprudents have written a letter to it requesting that it disqualify those individuals who “in the past and in the course of the 2009 sedition had deviated from the path of the revolution.” A number […]
This week in human rights in Iran- May 10, 2013
JOURNALIST AND ACTIVIST VIOLATIONSBeing sent to solitary confinement then released after a hunger strike has become common practice for prisoners in Iran. This can be seen as a success for prisoners and human right activists who forced the Iranian government to meet their demands. It can also be seen as an attempt by the […]
Need a Gathering to Examine the Independence of Lawyers
On April 29th Mr. Mandanipour, the head of Iran’s bar associations announced, “Bar associations have the duty of defending the national interest and the highest expediencies of the country in addition to defending the rights of individuals. In view of the knowledge that members of bar associations have regarding legal issues at the […]
In Iran, Concern Grows Over Dervishes On Prison Hunger Strike
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has expressed concern over the conditions of two jailed dervishes who are reportedly on hunger strike in an Iranian prison. The two men — Salehedin Moradi and Kasra Nouri — are members of Iran’s largest Sufi order, the Nematollahi Gonabadi order, which in recent years has come […]
Iran should appoint a more polite envoy to attend the meetings of the Human Rights Council
Shirin Ebadi, in her report for Esfand 1391 [21 February to 20 March 2013] on the human rights situation in Iran:“Iran should appoint a more polite envoy to attend the meetings of the Human Rights Council”In her latest monthly report, Shirin Ebadi, human rights defender and winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, has […]
Iran should appoint a more polite envoy to attend the meetings of the Human Rights Council
Shirin Ebadi, in her report for Esfand 1391 [21 February to 20 March 2013] on the human rights situation in Iran: “Iran should appoint a more polite envoy to attend the meetings of the Human Rights Council” In her latest monthly report, Shirin Ebadi, human rights defender and winner of Nobel Peace Prize in […]
Shirin Ebadi’s report on the situation of human rights in Iran
Shirin Ebadi in her report on the situation of human rights in Iran in January-February-protests to harassment of families of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.