Freedom of thought and expression

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Freedom of thought and expression

88 years of Iranian black groups defending human rights

About a decade ago, Ardalan was celebrated and Darius was praised. “The year of falling, the year of escape, the year of fleeing and waiting. The season of breaking metal. The black year…” But this time, it wasn’t the year 2000. It was the year 1388 in the Persian solar calendar. A year that can […]...

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March 22, 2014

A general overview of the events of 11 Esfand 88.

In modern and contemporary societies, two factors are considered as indicators of progress and prosperity of a political society: first, freedom of news and circulation of information, and second, respect for fundamental human rights, known as “human rights”. The connection between these two factors in ensuring security and well-being of a society is so great […]...

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March 22, 2014

Who is an activist or defender of human rights and how should they be?

Human rights is one of the issues that its scope is so vast that it is difficult to define its boundaries. The activities of human rights defenders, from fighting against female genital mutilation to criticizing domestic rulers and international warmongers, are so extensive that it is hard to imagine any space that is not somehow […]...

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March 22, 2014

An Introduction to Social Justice and its World Day

What is social justice? Social justice is one of the indications of the concept of justice, which refers to the fair allocation of resources in a society. In this sense, the law must achieve an acceptable level of real and formal equality and ensure fair distribution of resources and equal opportunities. Nowadays, in the mainstream […]...

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March 22, 2014

The right to respect.

In a not-so-distant time in South Africa, for the writing of the Declaration of Freedom, announcements were published and distributed in all cities and villages of the country. This announcement asked: If you could write the law, what would you do? How can you turn South Africa into a land of happiness for all its […]...

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March 22, 2014

The separation of religion from schools in the West, why and how?

With the beginning of the Renaissance, humanity reaches civilization and turns to sciences, arts, aesthetics, and other scientific subjects. Scientists, philosophers, and writers have played a significant role in this. Scientists, through their research in new sciences, achieve new accomplishments. In this way, the Renaissance becomes a leap for the people of Europe to advance […]...

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February 21, 2014

From criticism of the humanities, to supervision of schools.

The conversion of government schools in Tehran to schools affiliated with the seminary was not a new development; by looking at the activities of the seminary, it can be seen that since the late 1970s, the seminary has focused on infiltrating and utilizing educational facilities. But the main question is, what is the purpose of […]...

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February 21, 2014

In an attempt to return to the era of traditional schools.

The story of the agreement between the Tehran Department of Education and the seminary to affiliate a certain number of public schools with the seminary is probably not in need of reminding, and esteemed readers may have already read about it in other publications or at least in this issue of the peace journal. Based […]...

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February 21, 2014

Teaching Human Rights and Obligations of the Iranian Education System

As it is evident from his fame and greatness, the concept of human rights is not well-known among the general public. Although nowadays, with the advancement of global communication tools, group media, and virtual space of the internet, there are fewer people who have not at least heard or read about human rights, but human […]...

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February 21, 2014

“Manifested spirit, manifestation of different perspectives on the concept of citizenship.”

The most important and sensitive part of citizenship rights is political rights, which the Charter of Citizenship has remained silent about. If such silence is intentional, which is likely the case, it indicates deep disagreements about political rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of religion, free and fair elections, unlawful arrests and detention centers, […]...

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February 21, 2014

Interview with Faraz Sanei, Iran Researcher at the Human Rights Watch/ Simin Daily News.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are two international non-governmental organizations that also operate in the field of Iran. In this issue of the monthly magazine “Peace Line”, we have a conversation with Dariush Dayyak, the responsible for the Iran desk at Amnesty International and Faraz Sanei, a researcher on Iran affairs in the Middle […]...

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February 20, 2014

Jamal Hosseini: Our activities were thorns in the eyes of the security apparatus.

Jamal Hosseini is one of the founders of the human rights activists group in Iran, and currently serves as the coordinator of the organization, continuing his activities. Mr. Hosseini is one of the members who, despite attacks by security forces, does not have a desire to appear in the media; however, due to his special […]...

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February 20, 2014