Iran Stonings Are a Legal Nightmare
Tuesday 10 Aug 10
Imagine a woman dying under a rain of stones while buried in the ground to the top of her breasts. Imagine faceless figures throwing stones at her. Imagine her last thoughts, wishes and dreams. Imagine her hoping to magically survive this brutal punishment.

Iran’s Apartheid – Keep Iran off the Human Rights Council
Tuesday 10 Aug 10
My generation grew up in Iran with the daily news of your struggles against Apartheid. From far away, we followed how Nelson Mandela urged and led the nation towards reconciliation non-violently. We have loved him for his vision and gained much inspiration.

Women's Ward in Evin Prison
Tuesday 10 Aug 10
Evin Prison, Iran’s most notorious prison, is the locus and center of the exercise of discrimination against women prisoners. Interrogators and judges are aware of these circumstances to the point where they use it as a threat: constantly reminding women prisoners who are charged with political crimes that, if they do not cooperate with the authorities, they will be sent to the General Women’s Ward, where certain women there will “take care of them” (i.e., abuse and perpetrate violence against them).

Constitutional Obstacles to the Realization of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran - Part 1
Tuesday 10 Aug 10
Meaningful political participation in any country is realized when certain conditions are met, making the free expression of a plurality of political views and activities possible. These conditions allow for the toleration of a diverse range of ideas, forcing no political players into silence and allowing for a defined degree of freedom of expression in public life. Such conditions for political participation and debate are met when laws in support of the ideals of political participation are made in unequivocal terms, making it impossible for state functionaries and institutions to offer their own individual interpretations of the laws for driving their opponents out of the public sphere or preventing them from running for public office, or even physically removing them from public domain by imprisoning them.

“The 21st century will witness women…
Tuesday 10 Aug 10
… in Iran overcome many of the impediments standing in the way of realizing gender equality. Iran is a diverse society, where women from both religious and secular backgrounds recognize the need for legal reform to promote Iranian women’s rights. Yet, alas, the hurdles are many. To begin with, the Iranian legal system not only fails to protect women’s rights in conformity with international human rights standards, but worse, does not treat women as equals under national law.