Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN Breaking (WNN/NWI) Tehran, IRAN: The Nobel Women’s Initiative, led by Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman and Mairead Maguire, is bringing conditions for Iranian human rights activist Ms. Mansoureh Behkish to the attention of the world. After years of protesting Iran’s human rights violations of political prisoners, [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Tehran, IRAN: On the second day of three day temporary release from the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, Iran human rights attorney Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh is reunited with her husband Reza Khandan and two children, Mehraveh age 12 and Nima age 4. Losing weight in what advocates say has brought Sotoudeh down [...]
Golnaz Esfandiari – WNN Breaking (WNN/RFE/RL) Tehran, IRAN: Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh ended her hunger strike earlier this week after the authorities reportedly removed a travel ban they had imposed on her young daughter. Her husband, Reza Khandan, reported the news on his Facebook page on December 4. The news led to expressions of [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Tehran, IRAN: The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Campaign for Equality announced today after receiving reliable news that Kurdish political prisoner Ms. Zainab Bayazidi was released from a detention center in the Azerbaijan Province in Maragheh on Tuesday November 20 after spending 1,622 days there. Ms Bayazidi is a member [...]
WNN Breaking (WNN) Paris, FRANCE: As conditions for political prisoners of conscience in Iran continue to deteriorate inside the Iran’s prison system, Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, along with the FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and the LDDHI – Iranian League for the Defense of Human Rights, are calling for a stop to [...]
