Paris, 6 mars 2015 – As states meet in New York to evaluate commitments made 20 years ago in Beijing, women’s rights are under serious threat across the globe, FIDH said in a note released today.
When governments gathered in Beijing in 1995, they signed up to a road map to eliminate discrimination against women in law and practice. In 2015, it is evident that the political will necessary to translate commitment into reform has fallen woefully short. Not only has progress been slow and halting but in some countries women’s rights have undergone serious setbacks. Continue reading
Mar 09
Beijing +20: Broken promises, women’s rights under threat across the globe
Mar 05
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Feb 27
The regime of Iran
These days my breath hardly is coming up any more ,there is a lump in my throat and an eternal sorrow. I don’t know I should weep either to myself or to the people who don’t have anything to loose. Continue reading
Feb 22
#Education Is Not A Crime
Feb 19
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES STEP UP MEDIA CENSORSHIP
Reporters Without Borders condemns a surge in cases of harassment of journalists and print media by the Iranian authorities in the past few days, including the conservative weekly 9 Day’s closure, the fining of the reformist monthly Mehrnameh and judicial system spokesman Golamhossien Mohsseni Ejehi’s open threats against all the media.
Feb 18
URGENT: Juvenile Offender Saman Naseem Scheduled to Be Executed in 24 Hours
Iranian Kurdish juvenile offender Saman Naseem is scheduled to be executed on 19 February for offences he is accused of having committed when he was 17 years old. He has been tortured in order to make TV “confessions”. Iran Human Rights (IHR) urges the international community to react in order to save Saman.
