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Tag : women rights activists

November 23, 2018

Iran Must Pass Legislation to Protect Women Against Violence

Bill Languishing for Years, While Women Are Abused with Impunity Women with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Groups Face Heightened Risk of Abuse November 23, 2018—The Iranian authorities must bring legislation protecting women from domestic violence that has ...

July 21, 2018

Iranian Judiciary Closes Acid Attack Cases With No Convictions But Promises Victims Compensation

Nearly four years after a series of acid attacks on women in the Iranian city of Isfahan, the judiciary has closed the cases without any convictions while pledging to compensate the victims. ...

January 31, 2018

“Girls of Revolution St” Protest Ignites Debate on Iran’s Compulsory Hijab

Iranian women protest their country’s hijab law by waving their headscarves in public. Several women protested against ...

July 11, 2017

Rights Activists Urge Rouhani to Nominate Women to His Cabinet

Asieh Amini, journalist and women’s rights activist. Photo by Javad Montazeri. “If women were given the opportunity, they could show ...

June 20, 2016

Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison

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June 20, 2016

New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison

Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face restricted or denied visitation rights even with their young children, are deprived of regular telephone contact with their families, and are not provided adequate nutrition, as ...

June 6, 2016

New Iranian Bill Aims to Keep Women Out of Workforce

A bill that would reduce the working hours of female employees, which was passed in the last days of Iran’s outgoing Parliament on May 10, 2016, is as an attempt by the state ...

March 4, 2016

Cartoon 142: International Women’s Day

On this March 8, 2016, International Women’s Day, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urges all to strive for a world where women everywhere are free from discrimination....

February 17, 2016

Prisoner of Conscience Atena Daemi Released on Bail

The civil and children’s rights activist, Atena Daemi, has been released on bail until an Appeals Court hears the objections to her prison sentence.  Daemi, 28, was suffering from severe headaches and ...

October 12, 2015

Cartoon 124: Women, Men, and Permission to Travel

Cartoonist Touka Neyestani's take on the discriminatory laws that allow Iranian men immense control over their wives' work and travel rights. In a highly publicized recent case, Niloufar Ardalan, the captain of Iranian women’s National ...

October 9, 2015

Authorities Deny Hospitalization for Ill Activist and Postpone Her Trial Again

Narges Mohammadi No Explanation Given for Third Postponement of Narges Mohammadi’s Trial Date The trial of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been postponed for a third time, her ...

September 4, 2015

Keeping Activist Bahareh Hedayat in Prison is Against the Law Says Legal Expert

Political motivations are taking precedence over the law when it comes to activists such as Bahareh Hedayat, who is being kept in prison despite the completion of her sentence, legal expert Mohammad Oliaei-Fard told the International ...

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