Roya Boroumand – Executive director, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
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Every year on December 10, countries around the world honor World Human Rights Day. This year, the United Nation’s focus was the right to all people “to make their voices heard in public life and be included in political decision-making.”
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No Celebration of 2012 World Human Rights Day in Iran
Human Rights Day 2012 Every Voice Counts
As we celebrate Human Rights Day this year, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF) joins the United Nations in emphasizing the importance of the rights of all people to be able to express themselves freely. Help support the work of ABF and give a voice to the thousands of Iranians silenced by leaders who cannot tolerate dissent.
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UN strongly condemns human rights violations in Iran in face of increasing repression of human rights defenders
Paris, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) welcome the passing today of the resolution on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran by a resounding majority in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee of the UN General Assembly.
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IRAN: Arbitrary conviction of Abdolfattah Soltani’s spouse in an attempt to silence human rights defenders and their families
Paris-Geneva, November 20, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), is appalled by the sentencing of human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani’s spouse.
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‘There Are Absolutely No Political Executions in Iran’ — A Statement by the Head of Iran’s Judiciary That Should Not Go Unnoticed
Roya Boroumand : Executive director, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation
The recently published third report by Dr. Ahmad Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, provoked a statement from Sadeq Larijani.
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY
Iran – October 2, 2012 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the Iran.
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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY
Iran – September 18, 2012 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.
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IRAN: Repression of human rights defenders goes on uninterrupted
Paris-Geneva, September 11, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), was informed of four new cases of arbitrary detention against human rights defenders in Iran.
Shirin Ebadi & Karim Lahidji: Stop using means of suppression; pave the way for NGO aid to quake victims in Iran!
Saturday, 25 August 2012 – Shirin Ebadi, Nobel peace laureate, and Karim Lahidji, vice president of FIDH and president of LDDHI, said in a joint statement today: “Two weeks since the earthquake in the Azerbaijan province of Iran, the authorities of the Islamic Republic are still pursuing a policy of silence and secrecy.
Shirin Ebadi & Human Rights Organisastions: Iranian authorities hold political prisoners hostage
31 July 2012 – Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Laureate, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) said in a joint statement today: Conditions of prisoners in Iran are deteriorating by the day.
