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Iran’s “heroic struggle to reclaim its lost humanity”
This is the testimony McGill international law professor Payam Akhavan is delivering to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and…
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Please support the Iranian people in their struggle for human rights – DONATE NOW
Dear IHRDC Valued Supporter, 2011 was a watershed year for human rights. The global community witnessed the people of the…
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Pushed Back to Square One
A Huffington Post piece by Shadi Sadr, director of Justice for Iran and IHRDC legal contributor, on why Iran's new…
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Lessons From 1979 Iran for Libya — Seek Justice, Not Vengeance
The news that both Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi, Libya’s former intelligence chief, were captured alive last…
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CT NOW's Activist of the Month Award Goes To Gissou Nia
November 2011 CT NOW’s Activist of the Month Award Goes To: Gissou Nia Gissou Nia was chosen for Activist of…
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Canada: Haven of choice for Iran's elite
In response to the alarming Nov. 8 UN report on Iran’s nuclear program, Foreign Minister John Baird condemned the Mahmoud…
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A Darker Horizon: The Assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar
Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/08/a-darker-horizon-the-assassination-of-shapour-bakhtiar.html by DAN GEIST 06 AUG 2011 15:11 PBS Frontline Tehran Bureau On the 20th anniversary of the opposition leader’s…
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Obama Administration Targets Two More Iranian Officials
Obama Administration Targets Two More Iranian Officials for Sanctions, Including Prosecutor of US Hikers
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Iran's attacks on human rights lawyers
December 21, 2010 | By Gissou Nia, Special to CNN Starting this week, several of Iran’s most prominent women’s rights…
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Iran on U.N. women's agency is a travesty
November 09, 2010|By Gissou Nia, Special to CNN The Iranian government still plans to execute Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a…
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