#1 Event: Letter Writing for Political Prisoners (with Amnesty International)
Date: Monday Dec. 7th: 12pm-2pm
2x Green Movement events in NY on Dec.7th (16th of Azar – the Day of the University Student in Iran)
Category Archives: Iran: music, culture, social issues
Shirin Ebadi – a victim of the Green Movement: Iran seizes rights lawyer’s Nobel Peace medal!
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian authorities confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi‘s medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.
In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation of the gold medal was a shocking first in the history of the 108-year-old prize. Ebadi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts in promoting democracy. She has long faced harassment from Iranian authorities for her activities — including threats against her relatives and a raid on her office last year in which files were confiscated.
Who is the Iranian-American musician Fared Shafinury?
GLOBAL EVENT : SOLIDARITY WITH IRANIAN STUDENTS
When: December 7th (16 Azar), 2009 which is the National Student Day in Iran.
Time: PM 7:00pm – 8:00
Green Movement Spreading Despite Crackdown!
Mianeh Reports
Government violence reduced number of street protests, but movement has become more difficult to control.
By Behzad Yaghmaian (MR No 16, 13-Nov-09, article from Institute for War & Peace Reporting)
