Posts Tagged ‘One Million Signatures’
International Support for Persecuted Women’s Rights Campaigners in Iran
(7 March 2008) In a strong show of international support for the Iranian women’s rights movement, over 280 leading women’s right advocates and organizations from around the world including six Nobel Peace Laureates have expressed their serious concern about the persecution and prosecution of their Iranian colleagues.
New Wave of Detentions, Summons, and Trials Targets Women’s Rights Activists
(29 February 2008) The Iranian government has intensified its prosecution of women’s rights activists. During the past week, two activists were detained, two summoned to court, and two others put on trial.
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