Defend Protests in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 22, 2019
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Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, protests, Secularism

Farsi, Arabic and French translations below. Nationwide protests in Iran against a 50% fuel price hike over the last few days has seen widespread suppression by the Islamic regime of Iran’s security forces leaving at least 200 dead, hundreds injured and over a thousand arrested. The use of overwhelming force by security forces has been […]

پریود_طبیعی_است# #PeriodsAreNatural

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 4, 2019
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#PeriodsAreNatural, International Women's Day, Iran, Islam, Islamism, Maryam Namazie, Pakistan, Periods, religion, Sadia Hameed, Taboo, اسلامی, اعتراض عريان, ایران, روز جهانی زن, مردسالاری, پرچم, پریود, ۸ مارس

English Below اعتراض روز جهانی زن پریود_طبیعی_است# در میان گروه ارتدوکس‌های یهودی، در دوران عادت ماهانه زن، مرد و زن حق دست زدن یا رد و بدل کردن هیچ گونه اشیا را به هم ندارند در بخشی از بودایی‌های ژاپنی زنان که عادت ماهانه دارند اجازه ورود به معبد را ندارند در هندویسم زنان در […]

Secularism is my right; freedom is my culture سكولاريسم حق من؛ آزادى فرهنگ من

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On February 25, 2019
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Apostate, atheist, blasphemy, Culture, ex-muslim, Freedom, Iran, Islam, LGBT, Rights, Secularism, women

Secularism is my right; freedom is my culture سكولاريسم حق من؛ آزادى فرهنگ من Maryam Namazie’s Freedom Lecture at De Balie, Amsterdam سخنرانى مريم نمازى در ده بالى آمستردام

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 […]

When I left Iran

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On February 9, 2017
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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 […]

Hamza Sodagar and everything you need to know about Islamists.

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On October 7, 2016
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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 3, 2015
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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 […]

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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