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3 October 2018 The Bar Council of England & Wales is urging President Hassan Rouhani of Iran to send a clear message to the world that the republic is committed to the rule of law. The call comes following the arrest of more lawyers in Iran over the last two months, including two human rights lawyers, […]
Oct 15, 2018
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Iran urged to take rule of law opportunity 3 October 2018 The Bar Council of England & Wales is urging President Hassan Rouhani of Iran to send a clear message to the world that the republic is committed to the rule of law. The call comes following the arrest of more lawyers in Iran over the last two months, including two human rights lawyers,... -
Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists Nadia Murad… BBC, 5 October The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to campaigners against rape in warfare, Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege. Ms Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants and later became the face of a campaign to free the Yazidi people. Dr Mukwege is a Congolese... -
Iraqi human rights activist shot dead in Basra BBC, 25 September A female human rights activist has been shot dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, which has seen violent anti-government protests in recent weeks. Video posted online appears to show an unidentified man opening fire at Suad al-Ali as she gets into a car near a supermarket in the Abbasiya area.... -
Shirin Ebadi: Iran fears ‘one free election’ Kosar Nawzad The first Iranian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi is a human rights activist, lawyer, and former judge. Listed by Forbes magazine as one of the “100 most powerful women in the world” for 2004, she is currently in exile from her native country. On Sunday, she sat down with... -
Intimidation, persecution of Iranian lawyers won’t halt dissent Leila Alikarami September 21, 2018 When a picture of two Iranian lawyers handcuffed, shackled and wearing prison uniforms recently ran on dozens of Persian-language media outlets and platforms, it caused a storm of criticism of the Iranian authorities on social media. The two human rights lawyers, Qassem Sholeh Sadi and Arash Kaykhosravi, had been outside the parliament... -
Imprisonment, torture and rape: Why Myanmar must be… By Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman September 18, 2018 Editor’s Note: “Shirin Ebadi is the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize. Tawakkol Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. The opinions in this commentary are those of the authors. (CNN) Today, the investigation led by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar presented...
