A review of the legal process of the trial of Hamid Noury
Why Hamid Noury was arrested? If the article does not appear, press the F5 key on your keyboard once or twice.
People’s Tribunals
People’s Tribunals, their similarities and differences, with emphasis on People’s International Iran Tribunal If the article does not appear, press the F5 key on your keyboard once or twice.
How History will judge us
Babak Emad During the summer of 1988, thousands of Iranian political prisoners were taken from their cells and executed. All over Iran, men and women were blindfolded and shot, or hanged in exercise yards or prayer halls. None of them was taken to trial, instead they were asked a few questions by what became known […]
Twenty Years of Silence: A Legal and Political Analysis of the Demand for Accountability
Twenty Years of Silence: A Legal and Political Analysis of the Demand for Accountability Kaveh Shahrooz, Lawyer based in New York. Graduate of Harvard Law School. Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. Stockholm, Sweden. August 22, 2008 Good afternoon. Before I begin, I want to […]
Maria Modig: What can we do?
The speech of Maria Modig, Swedish PEN in Stockholm Seminar that was held at Stockholm University on August 22 2008, on 20th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners. PEN and human rights, what can we do? ‘In time of division between countries, International PEN is one of the rare institutions to […]
Time won’t heal the wounds
Iran-seminarium 22 august 2008 My name is Hans Linde, I’m a member of the Swedish Parliament and its standing committee on foreign affairs. I represent the Swedish Left party, a socialist and feminist party. In Sweden we sometimes say that time heals all wounds. I think that we who have gathered here today […]
Execution of children in Iran
Execution of children in Iran Suzan Bahar, Editor-in chief of Darvag Magazine for children and young people. Head of Association of “Stop Child Labour”. Please accept my warmest greetings. I also wish to extend my gratitude to the organisers of this seminar, in remembrance of those political prisoners who faced execution in the […]