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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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Iran steps up assault on female activists
October 11, 2010|By Gissou Nia, Special to CNN As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the U.N. General Assembly in New…
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Iran: women on the frontline of the fight for rights
From the mother sentenced to death by stoning to the lawyer arrested for defending opposition activists, women are prominent symbols…
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