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A Role in International Courts

Payam Akhavan, currently a professor at McGill University in Canada, has received a doctorate degree in Juridical Science from Harvard University and is an expert

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حجاب و آفتاب

اگر از جنبه های فرهنگی و اجتماعی حجاب بگذریم و فقط پیامدهای آن بر بهداشت و سلامت زنان را بررسی کنیم، چه خواهیم یافت؟ در

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دین بهائی در امریکا (۲)

Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 عبدالبهاء لقب عباس افندی است. عباس افندی پسر بزرگ میرزا حسینعلی نوری، ملقب به بهاءالله، است که

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Crushed under stones

As protests against the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani arose amongst the public and western officials, the IRI embassy in London announced that the verdict

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More than a cause

Behnoush Babzani organied a bone marrow drive at Campbell Community Center in the San Francisco Bay Area earlier this month. She kindly answered my questions

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Cutting rope

Piers Bannister, a researcher on the death penalty for Amnesty International, has had an active role in international lobbying for a global moratorium on the

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Asieh’s eyes

When the Islamic Republic of Iran assured the western countries that stoning was not practiced anymore, Asieh Amini dared to defy the state by writing

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Cutting the rope

On October 10th, 2007, the World Day against the Death Penalty will focus on the proposed UN General Assembly resolution for a universal moratorium on

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Basic human dignity

Drewery Dyke has been a researcher with Amnesty International's International Secretariat in London since 1999. He has worked on human rights issues in Kuwait, the

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