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Iran Civil Society Review — Uncovering, International Awards, Sanctions, and Park Clean-Up
We are back from our brief break! In this week’s review, Iranian organizations and individuals receive awards for their work on HIV/AIDS while Mississippi doctors try […]
Iran Civil Society: Confessions, Covering Up, and Chicken in the News
In this week’s review, a former IRGC general writes a letter (1) which reads like a confession and covers the mass executions of the 1980s, the […]
Summary Executions for Ahwazi Arabs, Protesting Sanctions, Sorry Afghan Friends
18th of Tir Anniversary Sunday, the 8th of July 2012 marked the anniversary of the 1999 crackdown on demonstrations of Iranian students. You can read more […]
Statement Against the Execution of Four Ahwazi Arabs and the Death Penalty in Iran
Statement Against the Execution of Four Ahwazi Arabs and the Death Penalty in Iran Concurrent with the execution of four Iranians in Saudi Arabia, and […]
Prices Sky-Rocket, Concerts Cancelled, Show Us Your Papers, #SaveNarges
The Price of Chicken The price of chicken went up 30% last month alone, while the Financial Times reports that grain is up 55.8%; fruit 66.6%, […]
Theater and Activism in the Phillipines
This interview with activists Jun and Mitchy Saturay deserves focus for about 17 minutes. What they have to say about their experiences with activist theater in […]
Letter of the President: Arseh Sevom Annual Report 2011
What does it mean to have a vibrant civil society? For us at Arseh Sevom it means giving voice to women, minorities, people on the margins of society.
Yo Soy 132
Yo Soy 132 is a student movement in Mexico challenging the media and demanding free and fair elections. When the media’s preferred presidential candidate Enrique Peña […]
Remembering Neda, Workers Protest, Iran Tribunal, “You Won’t Come Out Alive,” Lions and Bears
Neda Remembered The 20th of June marked the third year since the violent death of Neda Agha Soltan was caught on film. Neda’s family was never […]