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A ‘Halal’ Internet
The Wall Street Journal and other sources are reporting on the government of Iran’s plans to create its own internet. The regime already controls the speed of its internet, keeping it artificially low. Since 2005, they have also been planning to create a close
Amnesty at 50
From BBC World Service, we hear the story of Maria Gillespie, whose torture and imprisonment in Uruguay were ended after an Amnesty letter-writing campaign resulted in tens of thousands of letters sent to the prison. “I don’t think that if I say ‘thank you’ it
Iranian Women’s Conference to be Held in the Netherlands
by Halleh Ghorashi For years, the Iranian women’s movement has been the subject of my research. During the 1979 revolution, Iranian women flocked to the streets to make their voices heard. It wasn’t too long after the success of the demonstrations that women w
Interview: Kurds in Syria
Alliance for Kurdish Rights has an interview with a Syrian-Kurd (KurdishFreeMan on Twitter), who discusses participation in the demonstrations and citizenship rights. Syrian citizenship was taken from “foreign” Kurds in 1962 while they had it back then. Assad’
Break Silence about Sexual Crimes
Justice for Iran is calling for all victims of sexual crimes in Iran to come forward in order to ensure that the perpetrators are held accountable. The call is on their site in English and Persian. In Breaking Silence about Sexual Crimes We Will Ensure that Su
Beef-up and Meet-up
In his piece, Let’s Beef-up and Meet-up, Hamid Tehrani challenges activists to find new and exciting ways to use technology. He points to the example of […]
Baha’i Targeted
Baha’i educational programme targeted in raids 22 May 2011 GENEVA — A coordinated series of raids have been carried out on the homes of several Iranian Baha’is, active in a community initiative to provide a higher education programme for young members who are
Urgent action: Stop the Execution of Iranian-Kurdish Student
United4Iran is calling on people to send letters to protest the planned execution of the Iranian-Kurdish student Habibah Latifi. Click here to participate in the campaign. Habibollah Latifi is a 29-year-old university student from Kurdistan who has been senten
As Strong as Our Signal
This week’s featured post from the Civil Society Zine is Mana Mostatabi’s As Strong as Our Signal, which looks at the clicktivism phenomenon. Online petitions and letter writing campaigns make it easier for more people to take action in support of a cause, but