Tag: society
member name: Lily Mazahery
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July 01, 2006 03:42 PM EDT --
According to AdnkronosInternational (AKI), on June 29, 2006, another Iranian woman was sentenced to death by stoning. A court in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia found the Kurdish woman, Malak . . .
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April 21, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
I was rather amused today when I received an email, containing the following MUST SEE link about Iran. http://www.irandefence.net/showthread.php?t=32
The first photo states: "This is . . .
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May 10, 2006 09:45 PM EDT --
Mr George Bush, President of the United States of America
For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena -- which are being . . .
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May 13, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
A rise in the incidence of "temporary" marriages among Shi'ite Muslims is causing concern among women's rights activists. According to women's NGOs in the south of the country, more . . .
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July 03, 2006 06:29 PM EDT --
Here is the direct link:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Malak/petition.html
UPDATE: This is the link to the web site that has been set up to provide background information, as well as updates . . .
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May 12, 2006 09:33 AM EDT --
Dear President Ahmadinejad,
Thank you very much for your lengthy letter. For the sake of argument lets say that everything you say is committed the crimes in which you have mentioned. My question to you, . . .
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August 29, 2006 01:10 PM EDT --
Iranian women's rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to legal discrimination against women in Iranian law. The Campaign, "One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to . . .
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May 04, 2006 06:13 PM EDT --
"Pasha Bordello" Accepts Islamist Demands
To welcome World Cup players and fans, the Pascha Bordell (in English, "Pasha Bordello") of Cologne, whose publicity claims its 120 rooms . . .
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May 15, 2006 01:33 PM EDT --
Even though we (Americans) invaded Iraq to -- among the countless reasons presented -- ensure the establishment of freedom and democracy in that country, we seem woefully powerless in answering the . . .
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April 11, 2006 09:38 AM EDT --
The concept of male surrogate and guardianship of females is one of the main pillars of Islamic Fundamentalism in Iran. Iranian women are not free to choose or control various aspects of their lives. Evidence . . .
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April 18, 2006 09:53 AM EDT --
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Speech to members of Congressional Women's Caucus and members of the United States House of Representatives re: Human rights violations of woman in Iran.
Good . . .
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April 18, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police said on Tuesday they would launch a crackdown on "social corruption" such as women flouting Islamic dress codes, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. . . .
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July 21, 2006 02:54 PM EDT --
Malak Ghorbany, a woman from the Iranian region of Naghdeh, has been convicted of the crime of "adultery" for engaging in acts of intimacy with a man to whom she is not married. . . .
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July 26, 2006 09:19 AM EDT --
A 37 year old woman by the name of Ashraf Kalahri is scheduled to be publicly stoned in two weeks.
July 24, 2006 -- As the following interview reveals, the Islamic Republic's medieval clobbering machine . . .
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July 26, 2006 03:58 PM EDT --
As an Iranian lawyer and a human rights defender, I am writing to you to
ask you to help me save the life of a woman sentenced to death by stoning! Asharf Kalhori, who is currently in Evin prison . . .
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April 27, 2006 07:29 PM EDT --
Many of you have asked whether, in light of the fact that Iran is currently ruled by a group of misogynistic mad-men, anything that we do can actually save Nazanin, the 18 year old girl who has been sentenced . . .
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May 04, 2006 11:37 AM EDT --
Thanks to suggestions from many of you in the gather community, as well as my Norwegian counterpart, who has been immensely supportive and dedicated to saving Nazanin, the Iranian teenage rape victim who . . .
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August 28, 2006 11:28 AM EDT --
At a time when our nation is divided on so many issues, it is comforting to know that there are at least some topics that unite groups from the left (i.e. the San Francisco Board of Supervisors) with . . .
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