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Free Baquer Namazi now

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 22, 2017
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  • Baquer Namazi, Iran
Baquer Namazi is an 80 years old children’s rights campaigner. He has been sentenced to ten years in prison by the Islamic regime of Iran. He was arrested when he went to visit his son Siamak. Their “crime” is that they are dual nationals being held hostage by the Iranian regime. February 22 is one […]
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When I left Iran

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 9, 2017
  • 1 Comments
  • Iran, migration
The below is the unedited piece for #Iamamigrant campaign. I left Iran in 1980 with my mother to go to India to continue my education after my school closed down. My mother was meant to settle me in and return but stayed when things got worse. After a few months, my father and 3 year […]
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Hamza Sodagar and everything you need to know about Islamists.

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 7, 2016
  • 10 Comments
  • Hamza Sodagar, Iran, Islamism
The surfacing of a video by Hamza Sodagar (a US hate preacher trained by the Islamic regime of Iran) on killing gay men will tell you everything you need to know about Islamists. You must have seen the video by now:  “If there’s homosexual men, the punishment is one of five things. One, the easiest […]
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17 workers flogged in Iran for labour organising

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On May 30, 2016
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  • Iran, workers
Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization Copy: Trade Unions and participants at the annual ILO Conference, Geneva Dear Mr Ryder Are you aware that precisely on the eve of the annual Conference of the ILO,17 workers of a gold mine in Iranwere whipped following the order of one of the courts of the […]
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Culture in Conflict 2

  • Posted by fish
  • On March 22, 2016
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  • Iran
Culture in Conflict 2 Posing as a taxi driver, Jafar Panahi, shoots his third “guerilla” film since being banned from filmmaking for 20 years. Using hidden cameras he records witty conversations with friends and strangers as he ferries them across the city. Perhaps the most poignant is his young niece who has been asked by […]
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Shoot to Kill Orders, Police Dogs and Fortresses

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 3, 2015
  • 0 Comments
  • Afghan, Iran, Refugees
I received this from a refugee rights activist working in Belgrade who got in touch to say that all groups of Afghan refugees who had come in contact with Iranian border guards were met with serious violence, including being shot at and beaten. Here Yasmin Ali describes some of the heart wrenching stories: “These people…the […]
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Don’t Appease the Iranian Regime, Iranian human rights activists warn

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On September 9, 2015
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  • Human Rights, Iran, nuclear deal
In the past few weeks, some Iranian activists have vocally supported the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 (China, Russia, France, United Kingdom, United States and Germany). While we deeply respect the experience and views of these men and women, it is important to hear all perspectives. We represent another collection of Iranian activists […]
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Defend 4 facing death and imprisonment for homosexuality in Iran

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 14, 2015
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  • Iran, LGBT
The International Committee against Execution in Iran calls on gay rights organisations to initiate a widespread, international campaign to defend the rights of LGBT in countries under Islamic rule, including Iran. Based on recent news reports, two individuals in Sirjan and Bandar Abbas have been sentenced to 25 years in prison charged with homosexuality. 27 […]
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Broadcast the news of executions in Iran too!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 14, 2015
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  • executions, Iran
An open letter from the International Committee against Execution to Walter Steinmeier, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Germany Dear Mr. Steinmeier, please broadcast this news as well! In the German news media and many news programs of major networks, there is a lot of talk about the negotiations of the “Five plus One” group with […]
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We are all Farkhunda

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 31, 2015
  • 3 Comments
  • Afghanistan, Charlie, Farkhunda, Iran, Islam, Islamism, Italy, women
The below is a shortened version of my speech at Marea Feminist Review and Consulta Torinese per la Laicita public events in Genoa and Turin, Italy during 27-30 March 2015. Today, we are all Farkhunda. You know her by now – a 27 year old woman accused by a mullah of being an “infidel” who […]
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