The women's ward of the Evin prison in Iran where political and ideological prisoners are serving their time is once again the sight of ugly encounters between women and the prison's special forces. Last week, about 20 of tained women...

Stoning to death is the most barbaric, most horrific kind of execution that had ever existed in the history of mankind. Yet, in the Islamic Republic of Iran people, expecially women have been stoned to death on a number of occasions...

Today is the International Day of Peace While parts of the Middle East region are burning among civil war and acts of terror, peace seems to be a far-reached concept which requires tremendous effort to settle with. In the past few...

Bahamn Ahmadi Amouie , journalist and husband to DJila Baniyaquob (journalist herself with a suspended sentence) has been transfered from the common ward at the Evin prison to solitary in the notorious Rajaie Shar prison. Bahman was...

How can we witness such brutality and do nothing? “From where he was hiding, a 5 year traumatised, yet brave boy told reporters how his younger brother and mother were shot by the soldiers and died. He said he even saw the army...

Below is Mansoureh Behkish ; a woman in her 60s. She is one of the oldest women's rights campaigners who had lost 6 members of her family in the 1980s massacres in the Iranian prisons. Eversince she had been in and out of prison on...

Mansoureh Behkish, women's rights activists and member of Iran's Mourning Mothers, a woman who had lost 6 members of her family to the bloody revolution, is sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for her recent activities. A worldwide...

We are nearing the Iranian New Year. As millions of Iranians inside and outside the country celebrate NowRooz, those who are in prison and their families especially children of the prisoners feel no urge for celebrations. The number of...

IN SOLIDARITY, IN DEFIANCE mena uprisings: ONLY HALF A RE VOLUTION? Tuesday 20 March, 7pm for 7.30pm start Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA To discuss the future of women’s rights and feminist activism...

WOW - Women of the World Festival 2012 is a celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women, running 7-11 March. This annual festival presents and recognises women from all walks of life, acting as a conversation...

Rouhi Shafii In the cold weather of London hundreds; men women and children, Arab, English, Iranian and many other nationalilities, political activists and anti-war campaigners gathered in a show of solidarity with the Arab people who...

On the anniversary of the Iranian revolution Against the war and violence, for freedom and democracy in Iran & the region Twelfth of February marks 33 years since the Iranians ended 2,500 dynasty rule in Iran in order to establish a...

Stop persecutions, detentions, executions! On 2 February 2012 and in an orchestrated operation security forces raided the homes of about 30 Bahaie citizens in the city of Shiraz in south of the country and took away 11 people. The...

Stop persecutions, detentions, executions! On 2 February 2012 and in an orchestrated operation security forces raided the homes of about 30 Bahaie citizens in the city of Shiraz in south of the country and took away 11 people. The...

We will have speakers from Egypt, Syria, Libya, Bahrain, Palestine and more including leaders from the Trade Union movement. The event is this Saturday 11 February (12-2), Trafalgar Square, London Confirmed Speakers Kate Allen AIUK...

In recent weeks, detention of journalists has increased to an alarming scale. Customaririly, the Islamic regime would open up the atmosphere, leaving windows open for poeple to express themselves creating a false image of freedom of...

Last night while browsing the Persian websites I came across this untold story of a young girls whose was only 17 and her life ended when she was detained by security forces in Shiraz, her hometown in southern Iran. Taraneh Bayat, 17...