Maryam Namazie Published in WPI Briefing September 24, 2001 The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 on the people in America was a crime against…
The right to move, live and work anywhere
Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English September 10, 2001 Australia: On 26 August, MS Tampa, a Norwegian ship, rescued 430 plus mainly Afghan asylum seekers…
Racism, Cultural Relativism and Women’s Rights
Racism, Cultural Relativism and Women’s Rights Maryam Namazie Speech at a panel discussion organised by the Action Committee on Women’s Rights in Iran and Amnesty…
Violence in Genoa condemned
Maryam Namazie Published in WPI Briefing July 2001 State violence on tens of thousands of demonstrators protesting against the Group of Eight (G-8) summit of…
Detention is state-sponsored violence
Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English July 2001 Innocent people are often incarcerated in order to deter, control and intimidate the population at large. In…
UNHCR has obligations too
Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English June 20, 2001 For the past six months, Abbas Rezai and Ghafor Zarin, two Iranian Kurdish political activists, have…
On the presidential ‘election’ in Iran
Maryam Namazie Interview by an Italian journalist June 20, 2001 Question: Before last week’s elections, your association declared that the June 8 presidential elections in…
On decreasing asylum applications in Europe
Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English April 30, 2001 The number of applications for asylum in Europe has fallen by an average of 14 percent…
Kamal Mohammadian, an Iranian Refugee, Killed in Iran
Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English April 2, 2001 Two years ago, Kamal Mohammadian, an activist and political prisoner from Iranian Kurdistan, who had managed…
Dead on refusal
Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English March 19, 2001 In the past three months, several Iranian asylum seekers have committed suicide in the UK and…