by Beth Holmes | Nov 14, 2022 | Civil Rights, News, Politics, Religion, Women's Rights
Iran lawmakers seek ‘decisive’ punishments for protesters, already being killed by the hundreds for gathering to demand change. The widespread anti-government protests that began almost two months ago are a pushback against laws imposed and enforced by...
by Beth Holmes | May 14, 2021 | Homophobia, Human Rights, International, News
Alireza Fazeli Monfared was 20 years old, and he was a gay man in Iran. Afraid for his life and future, he was about to travel to Turkey, which has offered asylum to LGBT people since the Geneva Convention in 1951. His partner, activist Aghil Abyat, was there waiting...
by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Featured, News
Iran’s Revolutionary Court is under fire for jailing a British woman who was in the country to visit her family. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe went to Iran in April to see her family. Soon after, she was arrested for “attempting to overthrown the regime.” A...