International Committee against Stoning

The International Committee Against Stoning has been actively working towards the abolishment of stoning in all countries such as Iran, Pakistan and Nigeria where stoning…

The EU’s ‘commemoration’ of June 20

Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English June 20, 2002 June 20 is International Refugee Day. In ‘commemoration’ of this day, EU governments are planning to…

Bogus arguments for a bogus policy:

A critique of UK asylum policy Maryam Namazie Speech given at IFIR conference May 24, 2002 London, UK The UK government is stepping up its…

On Palestinian and Afghan refugees

Maryam Namazie Radio International interview Translated from Persian April 8, 2002Radio International: The Israeli government has begun a new round of atrocities against the Palestinian…

Shut Yarl’s Wood down

Maryam Namazie Published in Hambastegi English February 18, 2002 One quarter to a half of Yarl’s Wood prison located in Bedfordshire, which was opened 13…

Point Scoring in Bam

Maryam Namazie Published in letters section of the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1114984,00.html January 31, 2002 The main culprit is the Islamic Republic of Iran – its utter…