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Urgent Call for the Freedom of Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof facing Incerceration in Iran

Sat 14 Mar 2020

The European Film Academy, The Cannes Film Festival, the Deutsche Filmakademie, the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, the Filmfest Hamburg, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), the Netherlands Film Fund and the Accademia del cinema italiano-Premi David di Donatello wish to express their deepest concern about the imminent incarceration of the Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof.

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Human Rights

Iran: Free Wrongfully Detained Prisoners

Fri 13 Mar 2020

Iran’s prison authorities should facilitate temporary release of all eligible prisoners and the unconditional release of people detained for peaceful dissent, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Human Rights watch said today.

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Inspiring women – An Irishwoman’s Diary on International Women’s Day

Mon 09 Mar 2020

I was 10 years old when my teenage brother defied me to “name one famous woman writer or artist”. I wept angry tears, and began drawing up a mental list of inspiring women.

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Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On

Mon 09 Mar 2020

The surprising number of Iranian government officials succumbing to COVID-19 offers a hint that the disease is far more widespread than the official statistics indicate.

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Human Rights

Iran: At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests – new evidence

Sun 08 Mar 2020

An investigation by Amnesty International has uncovered evidence that at least 23 children were killed by Iranian security forces in the nationwide protests in November last year.

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Women

The Flame of Feminism Is Alive in Iran

Sun 08 Mar 2020

The revolution that swept through Iran 40 years ago ruptured all diplomatic ties between Iran and the United States. This we know all too well. But another bond, one between Iranian feminists and their American counterparts, was also ruptured, which, unlike the other, occurred in virtual anonymity.

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Women

Jailed Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Writes a Plea for Peace on International Women's Day

Sat 07 Mar 2020

One afternoon, on a late spring day in 2018, a group of officers from the Iranian Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Intelligence came and arrested me while I was home alone.

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The tragedy of Flight 752

Sat 29 Feb 2020

On January 8, with the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 just after takeoff from Tehran, Canada suffered a loss that was of a magnitude not experienced for many decades. Initially called an “aviation accident” by the Iranian authorities, it was subsequently revealed to be a missile attack that took the lives of 57 Canadians along with an additional 100 or so individuals who had ties to Canada. The country was in shock, grieving and angry.

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Iran concealing coronavirus figures, blocking independent reporting

Sat 29 Feb 2020

According to Iranian official reports today, the coronavirus epidemic has killed 15 people and infected a total of 95 in the Islamic Republic, which seems to be concealing information about the epidemic in line with China’s example. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Iran’s persecution of media outlets and journalists publishing independent information.

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Women

Jailed French academic Adelkhah hospitalised in Iran: lawyer

Sat 29 Feb 2020

French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, jailed in Iran since last year, has been transferred to a prison hospital after her health deteriorated following a hunger strike, her lawyer said Tuesday.

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Articles

Urgent Call for the Freedom of Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof facing Incerceration in Iran

Iran: Free Wrongfully Detained Prisoners

Inspiring women – An Irishwoman’s Diary on International Women’s Day

Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On

Iran: At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests – new evidence

The Flame of Feminism Is Alive in Iran

Jailed Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Writes a Plea for Peace on International Women's Day

The tragedy of Flight 752

Iran concealing coronavirus figures, blocking independent reporting

Jailed French academic Adelkhah hospitalised in Iran: lawyer

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