Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
NBC News Staff – NBC News – Tuesday, 14 August 2012 (originally published 13 Aug) The death toll after twin earthquakes struck rural northwest Iran jumped to 306 on Monday — with most of the victims women and children, local media reported. Of the 306 deaths, morgues had counted 219 women and children and 49 men, pan-Arab [...]
Saeed Kamali Dehghan – Guardian News – Thursday, 13 October 2011 (originally published 11 Oct) For one Iranian actor, life is mirroring art, in the most gruesome of ways. Two years ago Marzieh Vafamehr starred in a film about an actor whose theatre work is banned in Iran. Now she faces a year in prison and [...]
Nahid Jafari (Translated by Roja Bandari) – Change for Equality – Monday, 30 May, 2011 After over nine months of solitary confinement in Evin Prison, human rights attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been brought into public court today in a formal advocacy case filed by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Bar Association. The Bar Association has [...]
Andrea Stone – The Huffington Post – Thursday, 19 May, 2011 WASHINGTON — The mothers of two American hikers held in Iran for nearly two years said they would start a hunger strike in solidarity with their sons, whom they believe have stopped eating to protest the delay of a scheduled court hearing. Shane Bauer [...]
Ann Harrison – Amnesty International LIVEWIRE – Thursday, 7 April, 2011 I was cheered to see Amnesty International members joining others across the world to wish Iranian Prisoner of Conscience Behareh Hedayat Happy Birthday in an effort to secure her release. A Facebook page has been set up to collect messages and videos of support. [...]
