Women & Youth
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Political Prisoner Atena Daemi Refuses Regime’s Offer of Amnesty
Political prisoner Atena Daemi sent a message out of Lakan Prison of Rasht rejecting the regime’s offer to her to ask for an amnesty. Defying the regime’s gesture, she said, “I believe that unconditional release is the right of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.” Mr. Hossein Daemi, the father…
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Mothers of the Martyrs of the 2019 Uprisings in Iran Call for a Boycott of Upcoming Sham Elections
Mothers of the martyred protesters of the 2019 uprisings in Iran have joined together to campaign for the boycott of the June 18 sham elections in Iran. The mothers recorded a video in order to tell the people not to vote for the regime which so cruelly took the lives…
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AWYAF Condemns UN Election Of Iran To Women’s Commission
On April 19th, in a shameful act, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) elected Iran as its member for a four-year term from 2022 until 2026. The secret vote by the UN’s Economic and Social Council sparked outrage among human rights activists.
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Political Prisoner Sentenced To Another Year In Prison
Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been sentenced in absentia to another one year in prison. Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran issued a one-year sentence in absentia for political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee on the charge of “propaganda against the state.” Amol Prison authorities informed Ms. Iraee…
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Iran: Young Woman Sets Herself Ablaze After Being Denied Football Stadium Entry
A young woman by the name of Sahar Khodayari set herself on fire outside one of the branches of the Ministry of Justice in Tehran. This came after she was denied entry into a football stadium to watch a match. The young woman had been arrested in March for attempting…
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Anglo-Iranian Communities Celebrate International Women’s Day in London
This rally, organised by the AWYAF, was joined by many Anglo Iranian groups and associations from across the UK in order to celebrate the role of brave women in the recent Iran uprisings. It was also to condemn the treatment of women inside Iran for their prominent roles in protests,…
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Iran: Regime Refuses to Pass Bill of Protection of Women
The PSW bill, Provision of Security for Women against violence, needs to be fundamentally revised otherwise it cannot be reformed. These are the remarks made by Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje’ii, first deputy minister and spokesman of the mullahs’ Judiciary Branch. In response to a question on differences of opinion on this…
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2018
Iranian women’s rights activists call for action by the international community to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its state-sponsored and institutionalized violence against women in Iran. The clerical regime’s Constitution and laws institutionalize violence against women and sanction the cruel punishments of flogging, stoning and blinding.
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Human Rights Activist Re-arrested
Nassrin Sotoudeh, lawyer of human rights defendants, was rearrested. Ms. Sotoudeh was arrested at home in Tehran on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, and transferred to the Prosecutor’s court of Evin. There is no information available on the reason for detention of Nassrin Sotoudeh. This is not the first time Nassrin…
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Iran: Young Arab Protestor Victim of Regime
The Iranian regime’s Intelligence Ministry in Ahvaz has murdered a 20-year-old local under torture on Tuesday 5th June 2018, reports indicate, after a 1-year prison sentence. Ahvaz intelligence authorities contacted the family of Hatam Marmazi on Tuesday to have them come and receive his corpse. His family was kept in…