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Journalists Protest, Rapper Threatened, Cartoonists Quick on the Draw, Trade Unionists Suffer
126 Iranian journalists signed a letter protesting the arrests and harassment of journalists and sent it to the head of the judiciary and the speaker of parliament. A cartoonist faced lashing for his drawing of an MP, and cartoonists all over the world launche
Long Sentences for Human Rights Defenders, Elections End, Persian Gulf Erased, and Middle Class Shrinks
Parliamentary Elections Concluded This week the second round of the Iranian parliamentary elections was held. The opposition websites have reported of extensive irregularities, such as the […]
Worker’s Day Denied, Campaign to Free Jailed Students, Park Rangers Threatened
Arseh Sevom looks at some of the events impacting civil society in Iran over the last week of April including a World Press Freedom Day spent […]
Children Learn Their Rights, Activists Under Pressure, Dogs Arrested
Arseh Sevom — It was hard not to be concerned over the state of civil society in Iran last week with the arrest of human rights […]
Iran’s National Internet Project: Keepin’ It Clean With Censorship
Arseh Sevom — Claims that Iran will launch a “national internet” at the end of August, cutting off access to Google, Hotmail, and other external services, […]
National Internet Hoax? Pay Deflates, Prices Inflate, Goldfish Released
Butcher of the Press leaves…Not! Regular readers of Arseh Sevom’s weekly review won’t be surprised to find that former Tehran prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, is topping headlines […]
IHRDC Report – “On the Margins: Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution of Kurdish Activists in Iran Today”
“While the whole of Iran discovered the brutality of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the election disputes in June 2009, we Kurds have known about it for more than 30 years, from the very establishment of the Islamic Republic.”
Publishers Under Pressure, Prisoners of Conscience Suffer, Attempts to Revive Extinct Tigers
Arseh Sevom — This weekly review features thinly veiled threats from the state to publishers, more censorship from officials, continued suffering of prisoners of conscience, and […]
The Cranes Return, Nowrooz Comes to an End, Racism Challenged
Arseh Sevom — In the US, April 1st is marked with practical jokes. In Iran the first of April is celebrated as Nature’s Day with millions […]