A Brief History of Grassroots Struggles to End Stoning
Monday 31 Dec 07
In our activism, we would initiate the discussion on stoning by using the many international treaties that Iran had signed as leverage to point out how incongruent these practices were with these treaties. We would use specific articles to argue that these punishments were cruel, inhumane, indefensible and incompatible with international human rights law and should be erased from domestic law. As Iran was a signatory to many international human rights treaties, we were able to enter the discussion and to an extent we were successful in advancing the cause against these forms of punishment...

Laws Are Not Enough: An Interview with Mehrangiz Kar on Children’s Rights
Monday 31 Dec 07
An interview with Mehrangiz Kar in the occasion of International Children’s Rights Day, October 8th, as published by Gozaar Online website Sassan Ghahreman: Ms. Kar, please tell us about the existing laws in Iran which protect children. Mehrangiz Kar: There...

Latest Update on Mehrangiz Kar's Status
Monday 31 Dec 07
Banned from making public appearances within her country, Kar comes to Wellesley College via the “Scholars at Risk” network. While at Wellesley, Mehrangiz Kar will continue with her own writing and political work, lecture in a variety of classes and convene small discussion groups of Wellesley faculty and students. She will be in residence at the Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College as a New House Fellow for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Shaking a Woman’s Hand and Political Judgment
Monday 31 Dec 07
Mahrangiz Kar* The former President of Iran, who headed a reformist administration, has recently come under new attacks and accusations by the anti-reformist media. They have published reports claiming that a movie clip on Internet sites shows Mr Khatami shaking...

Media Work outside Iran is Grueling
Monday 31 Dec 07
Opinion of Mehrangiz Kar about Rooz Online On its 500th Issue Media Work outside Iran is Grueling Mehrangiz Kar*, Attorney For those running Rooz Online, who are doing their best to remain in Iran’s public domain and who have chosen...