Civil Society Watch
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
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
Islamic Republic of Iran Forcefully Targets Civic and Democratic Organizations
Arseh Sevom, 3 May 2011- In a deliberate move to attack democratic organizations, the Iranian Parliament’s joint commission has simultaneously approved a bill requiring supervision over Members of Parliament, and is considering a restrictive bill to reform the
Reform, Revolution, and Change
What does it take to make change? On Monday, April 18th, The University of Amsterdam, IKV Pax Christi, and Hivos sponsored a day-long seminar, Middle Eastern Perspectives on the Revolutions, on the recent events in the Arab world. In a series of short posts, A
Creating the Impossible: The Invisible Network of Britain’s Activist Subculture
How do eco-activists in the UK manage to carry out their actions despite efforts to infiltrate them and shut down their activities? In this piece, scholar […]
Open Letter from Civicus Regarding Bill Limiting Civil Society
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation has written an open letter protesting the bill Establishment and Supervision of NGOs, which would place civil society in Iran […]
Iran: Bill Threatening Independent Civil Society Sent Back to Committee
On the recommendation of a group of Iranian parliament representatives, the bill for the “Establishment and Supervision of NGOs” has been dropped from the agenda of […]
Take Action: Letter Writing Campaign
PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in Persian, Arabic, English, French or your own language: Calling on Iranian parliamentarians not to pass the Bill on the Establishment and Supervision of NGOs, which would severely limit the peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom