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| Women in Iran |
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| Women are at the forefront of the populist struggle for political and human rights in Iran. [Updated 9 Jan 2011] |
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| Harassment of journalists in Iran undermines freedom of expression |
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| Freedom of expression and the right of assembly/protest – hallmarks of a democratic society – are seriously compromised in Iran through intimidation, arrests and sentencing to prison of journalists and political activists, and the banning or censoring of newspapers and other media. [Updated 14 Dec. 2010] |
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| Restrictions on personal freedoms |
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| The choices that people in the free world take for granted - what clothes to wear, what music to listen to, what movies to watch, what scriptures to read - are denied Iranian citizens. [Updated 10 Nov 2010] |
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| Violations of legal rights and procedures in Iran |
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(22 Nov 2010)
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| Citizens are prosecuted without legal representation or due process; families of prisoners are not informed of their whereabouts or allowed contact; lawyers are persecuted and arrested for defending political and social activists. |
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| Women's Rights in Iran: role of the Internet |
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(22 Jun 2009)
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| The Internet has become a battleground between a repressive regime and the increasingly active feminists demanding the end of legal discrimination against women in Iran. |
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| Letter to the UN: Human rights in Iran |
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(19 Jun 2007)
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| Despite being party to, and claiming to implement, four of the six principal human rights treaties, the Iranian government violates all of them and has consistently failed to comply with international standards in the administration of justice. |
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