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IRQR News |
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 They
Have Built Their Hope On IRQR And... (January
20th, 12)
On behalf of
Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees, I would like to take this opportunity
to wish each and every one of you a very happy and prosperous new year. As
part of our new year’s resolution we are committed to continuing
our primary
mission to aid and assist Iranian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered
refugees in countries all over the world... We approach you today in the
hopes of receiving your support once again and helping our members who are
living in dire conditions in transit countries by making a donation as
part of your New Year resolution as well.
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 What
Does it Mean to Start From Scratch: My Experience As A Young Queer
Activist in Iran
Arsham Parsi
Speech at the World LGBTQ Youth Leadership Summit - Tel Aviv, 4-9th
December 2011
I am very pleased
to be in Jerusalem or in Farsi, Urshalim. Although I am not a nationalist,
there is an historical story associated with Jerusalem for me as an
Iranian. Around 540 BC Cyrus the Great claimed the city of
Babylonia as his
own, and in short order repatriated displaced peoples, restored temples
and cult sanctuaries. Indeed his infamous “Cyrus cylinder” is thought by
some to have been the first declaration of human rights. As one
who has dedicated
my life’s work to the cause of equal and human rights for my fellow man, I
am humbled to visit this place where my ancestral countryman first
envisioned a world of equality for all.
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 Network
of Iranian Queer HIV/AIDS (NIQHA) has been
Launched. (December 1, 11)
Network of
Iranian Queer HIV/AIDS (NIQHA) is one of the projects of
the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees that has
been launched today, on December
1st, 2011, World AIDS Day.
شبکه ی اچ آی
وی/ایدز دگرباشان ایرانی (نیکها) شروع به کار کرد. ( 1 دسامبر 2011)
نیکها
پروژه ی حدید سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی است که در روز اول دسامبر، روز جهانی
ایدز، شروع به فعالیت کرده است.
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 Abolishing
Execution: Limitation and Conflict within the UN (November 30, 11)
Arsham Parsi
Speech at the Amnesty International 5th Anniversary of Cities for Life -
Toronto
Imagine for a
moment that you are in prison waiting to be executed in a matter of days.
You know that there are organizations that are supporting and advocating
on your behalf.
You know your case
has been sent to the United Nations for their protection, support and to
condemn the government and stop your execution. You believe that if any
organization can help your case it would be the United
Nations and its
body, but only to hear a statement was made expressing their empathy with
your situation but unfortunately are unable to over turn your conviction
or even reduce your sentence.
How would you feel
then? What do you believe is the role of International organizations
regarding issues and policies against human rights?
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 Iranian
Gay Man Assaulted at Seneca College at York
(November 29, 11)
On Friday,
November 25th, 29 year old Seneca student Mojtaba was brutally assaulted
on the Seneca College at York University Campus at around 11:30 am. Mojtaba
is a gay Iranian who fled his native Iran due to fears of persecution
based on his sexual orientation and has been living in Toronto, Canada
since August 2009.
Police have
charged a 21 year old suspect with assault with a weapon after Mojtaba
suffered a verbal and physical assault and cut to his throat.
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5th Annual Toronto
Cities for Life Event
 Please
mark your calendars for this amazing event on Wednesday, November 30 as
Toronto joins over 1,200 municipalities around the world
in taking a stand
against the death penalty! Cities for Life is our opportunity to keep the
world on the path
to complete
abolition of the death penalty. Our distinguished keynote speaker will be
Arsham Parsi, founder of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees.
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A Testimony on the
Launch of the Iranian Voices in Stockholm (November 8, 2011)
As a supporter of
our cause, Helge Vladimir Tiller, from Norway had the opportunity to
travel to Stockholm participate in the launch of “Iranian Voices”, a radio
play depicting the violence against sexual minorities in Iran. The
following testimony recounts his experience during the launch of the play
as well as his feedback on Arsham Parsi’s speech on IRQR organization.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada and Queer Human
Rights in Iran (August
19, 11)
As you
may be aware, Canada's concerns about human rights in Iran are
long-standing. As part of its ongoing efforts to promote respect
for
human rights in the country, Canada led the adoption of the resolution
"Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran" in the third
committee at the fall 2010 session of the UNGA.
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World Refugee Day
(June 20, 11)
Today the 60th
anniversary of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees is being celebrated while thousands of people still need
international protection. People are leaving their country of origin
because of their race, nationality, religion, political opinions and
membership in particular social groups. In many countries around the
world, queers
are considered members of a particular social group who have a
well-founded fear of being persecuted or suffering discrimination for
their sexual orientation or gender identity
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 Videos
- First Iranian Gay Pride in Ankara (May 31,11)
On May 22, 2011
Iranian queers in Turkey made another page of their history by marching
against homophobia. you can watch its videos here.
To see all Gay Pride Pictures click here |
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 Iranian
Queers Marched Against Homophobia (May 27, 11)
A pioneering event
also took place during the March against Homophobia and Transphobia,
organized this year for the fourth time by Kaos GL and IRQR. Iranian queer
refugees finding asylum in Turkey also joined the march, voicing their
slogans,
“Ahmadinejad! We are here!”. Iranian LGBT asylum-seekers also took their
part in the March against Homophobia and Transphobia on 22nd of May
in Ankara, the
Capital City. Kaos GL and IRQR organized a service shuttle from Kayseri to
facilitate their participation in the March.
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 International
March in Ankara against Homophobia and Transphobia! (May 27, 11)
The 6th
International Meeting against Homophobia was concluded with the
International March held in Ankara. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans
(LGBT) individuals coming from all over Turkey with a wish to have the
reality of “sexual orientation”
and “gender
identity” recognized for constitutional equality walked against homophobia
and transphobia from Kurtuluş Park to Kizilay Sakarya Street
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The Iranian
Railroad for Queer Refugees challenges homophobe therapists! (May 25, 11)
On the
International Day against Homophobia, Toronto based Iranian LGBT
organization (IRQR) released an open letter on its official website and
asked all IRQR members
to send a copy of
this letter to a therapist they know in Iran. The press release on
irqr.net reads: “… in other words, many psychologists, and therapists are
homophobe themselves. Help ask them to pay more attention by sending a
letter. Print
the written letter and send it to at least one psychiatrist.” The press
release also asks Iran based members to use fake sender addresses for the
security reasons.
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 Send
a letter to an Iranian psychologist for International Day Against
Homophobia (May 17, 11)
به مناسبت روز جهانی مقابله با همجنسگراستیزینامه ای به یک روانشناس ایرانی
ارسال کنید ( 17 می 2011)
هر کدام از دگرباشان ممکن است روزی ناچار شوند که به روانشناس و یا روانپزشک
مراجعه کنند اما لزوما این قشر از جامعه آگاهی کافی برای حل مشکلات جامعه ی
دگرباشان را ندارند. به عبارتی دیگر بسیاری از پزشکان و روانشناسان خود
همجنسگراستیز هستند. بیایید با ارسال نامه ای از آنها بخواهیم که کمی بیشتر
دقت کنند. نامه ی تهیه شده را چاپ و به آدرس حداقل یک روانشناس ارسال کنید.
می توانید از آدرس های غیرواقعی برای فرستنده استفاده کنید.
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People
against Homophobia from 13 Countries will meet in Ankara (May 13, 11)
Arsham Parsi, executive director of the
Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR) based in Toronto, Canada paid
another visit to Turkey to participate at the 6th International Meeting
Against Homophobia
among other activists from the Caucasus, Middle East
and Balkans.The participants of “Regional Network against Homophobia”,
which will take place within the scope of 6th International Meeting
against Homophobia are determined. Opponents of homophobia from Bosnia
Herzegovina, Lebanon, Serbia, Croatia, Palestine, Israel, Armenia,
Georgia, Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Egypt and Iran will meet in Ankara
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Complicating
Subjectivity and Transgression: An analysis of the Queer Movement in the
Islamic Republic of Iran
The queer subjects
in Iran belong to the socio-biological underclass of that country. The
inbetweenness of their identities, relative to the nation-state, is the
result of newly defined subject
positions inspired
by religio-social codes of subjectivity, instituted by the Islamic state,
the essentialization of their bodies by the state, and the denial of some
queer identities by ruling clerics. In this essay, I analyze the
intersectional geneologies to increase awareness and understanding of
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Constructing
Against Colonialism
In July 2005 the
Iranian Student News Agency covered the execution of Mahmoud Asgari and
Ayaz Marhoni in Mashhad. The incident quickly drew international attention
when disturbing photos of the hanging were widely distributed on the
Internet. The
executions of the two teenagers divided the human rights community over
whether it was a gay rights issue or a violation of the international
convention against execution.
The initial report
from the ISNA, a government press agency, had stated that they were hanged
for homosexuality; after the international outcry, the Iranian government
stated the hangings were primarily for raping a boy.
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 Support
Group and Telephone Counseling for Iranian Queers (January 19, 11)
We would like to invite Iranian queers to join us to meet others and share
their concerns and worries in a completely friendly and confidential
environment. We, also, would offer a phone line that would let those who
cannot join us within the obtained hours, for any reason, to call in and
share their concerns in Farsi.
جلسات هفتگی و
مشاوره ی تلفنی برای دگرباشان ایرانی (19 ژانویه 2011)
بنابراین
از تمامی ایرانیان دگرباش دعوت می نماییم که در جلسات هفتگی ما شرکت کرده و
نگرانی ها و مسائل عاطفی خود را در محیطی کاملا دوستانه و امن مطرح کنند. ما
همچنین با ارئه ی یک شماره تلفن می توانیم تماس دوستانی که به هر دلیل امکان
حضور در این جلسات را ندارند را فراهم نماییم.
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 Arsham
Parsi's Speech in Lethbridge - Alberta (October 06, 2010)
I do not recall
when you committed suicide. I cannot remember the exact date that I came
to your room and saw those bloody sheets of yours. Your mother was crying
and I was mad at your parents. But I remember that, on that particular
day, I truly became Arsham Parsi and decided to dedicate myself to working
for the freedom of queers from Iran. Now, I miss you a lot and I would
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IRQR Language Program
Since most asylum seekers are going to need
English language in their destination country, and in order to help asylum
seekers make most of their time
while waiting for their cases to pass the
UNHCR process, IRQR has embarked upon assisting LGBT asylum seekers learn
or improve their
English through IRQR Language Program classes.
برنامه ی آموزش زبان انگلیسی برای پناه جویان دگرباش
با توجه به نیاز
پناه جویان به زبان انگلیسی در کشورهای مقصد،و به هدف استفاده ی بهینه از
زمان انتظار پناه جویان در طول روند پیگیری پرونده در کمیساریای عالی
پناهندگان سازمان ملل متحد (UNHCR)؛
سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی (IRQR)
برنامه ی آموزش زبان انگلیسی برای پناه جویان دگرباش را راه اندازی کرده است.
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 New
arrest of “Gang of Faggots in Shiraz” (July 15, 10)
On Sunday July
11th 2010, a private party in a suburb called Podonak was raided. The
police lead the raid, accompanied by the volunteer moral militia
(Basij) and
revolutionary guard (Sepah). Reports vary, but we understand that between
17 and 19 people
have been arrested
and taken to the local intelligent service’s detention centre on Modares
Boulevard
دستگیری هایی تازه
با عنوان "باند همجنسبازان شیراز" (15 ژوئیه 2010)
در یکشنیه بیستم
تیرماه پلیس به همراه بسیج و اطلاعات سپاه به یکی از میهمانی های خصوصی واقع
در حومه ی شیراز به نام پودونک حمله ور شدند. بنا به گزارش های مختلف حدود
هفده تا نوزده نفر
در این میهمانی
دستگیر و به بازداشتگاه اداره ی اطلاعات واقع در بلوار مدرس شیراز منتقل شده
اند.
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Gay asylum seekers
win protection from deportation (July 7, 10)
Gay and lesbian
asylum seekers have won the right not to be deported from the UK if they
would be persecuted in their home countries. The supreme court unanimously
allowed appeals from two men,
from Cameroon and
Iran, whose claims had earlier been turned down because officials said
they could hide their sexuality
by behaving
discreetly. The government accepted the ruling and said that policy on gay
and lesbian asylum seekers would be changed with immediate effect.
بریتانیا تقاضای
پناهندگی همجنسگرای ایرانی را پذیرفت (7 ژوئیه 2010)
دادگاه
عالی بریتانیا گفته است دو مرد همجنسگرا، که یکی ایرانی و دیگری اهل کشور
کامرون است، حق دارند از دولت بریتانیا تقاضای پناهندگی کنند. هیئت قضات در
دادگاه عالی بریتانیا روز چهارشنبه
(7 ژوئیه)، گفت
متفق القول تصمیم گرفته است با تقاضای فرجام این دو نفر موافقت کند.
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 30th
anniversary of Pride Toronto and Iranian Queers (July 4, 10)
Today is 30th
anniversary of Pride Toronto and I took this opportunity to give you some
information about Iranian queer human rights violations first, and then I
will talk about international support and our expectation
from international
organizations and governments. In other words, what is the responsibility
of international organizations like the United Nations and governments
regarding Iranian queer human rights violations?
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Refugees need more
help from private groups: Kenney (June 29, 10)
Federal
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said private organizations like gay and
lesbian groups need to reach out and sponsor more refugees and bring them
to Canada.
Speaking at a
Catholic immigration centre in Ottawa on Tuesday, Kenney said life can be
dangerous in Iran, especially for gays and lesbians, and urged
organizations in Canada to help out.
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Balanced
Refugee Reform Passes Final Hurdle in the Senate, Launches Summer Tour to
Promote Refugee Resettlement (June 29, 10)
Today, Jason
Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism marked
another milestone as Bill C-11, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act was passed
by the Senate late last night. Bill C-11
now awaits Royal
Assent. The passage of the Balanced Refugee Reform Act by the Senate was a
collaborative effort by all parties, which led to the acceptance of a
series of amendments and all-party support in both the House of Commons
and the Senate.
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 Three
More Possible Death Sentences for Homosexuality in Iran (June 18, 10)
The Iranian
Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR) recently received reports from Iran
regarding three more possible death sentences for homosexuality, one man
receiving 74 lashes for his homosexual act and the murder of a 23 year old
bisexual man by the Iranian security forces.
احتمال
حکم اعدام برای سه همجنسگرای ایرانی (18 ژوئن 10)
سازمان دگرباشان
ایرانی (IRQR) به تازگی اخباری دریافت کرده است که حاکی از احتمال حکم اعدام
برای سه همجنسگرا و قتل یک دوجنسگرا در شهر ساری است. همکار سازمان در ساری
اینچنین گزارش می دهد:
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 Report: IRQR ED,
visited Turkey, Germany and the UK (June 13, 10)
Arsham Parsi,
Executive director of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees visited
Turkey (from April 25th to May 3rd 2010), Germany (from May 3rd to May 6th
2010) and the UK (from May 17th to 26th May 2010)
in order to meet
officials, organizations as well as Iranian queer asylum seekers in person
to interview and keep record of their situation to find out how to support
them more.
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Stonewall: "No going back: Lesbian and gay
people and the asylum system (2010)"
Consensual acts between same-sex adults are criminalised in 80
member states of the United Nations and homosexuality results in the death
penalty in six of these countries.
In many countries lesbian, gay and bisexual people face execution,
torture, rape and murder from people in their own community or from their
government.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada and Human Rights Situation in Iran
(March 22, 10)
The Canadian government's concern about human rights in Iran are
long-standing. As part of its ongoing efforts to focus the international
community's attention on the human rights situation in Iran,
Canada successfully lead a resolution on this situation at the fall 2009
session of the UNGA, for the seventh consecutive year. |
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You
Are Invited for IRQR Fundraising Event in Ottawa
Join
us for a fundraising brunch on Saturday, February 27th from 10:30 until
13:00 in Ottawa City Hall Cologne By Room. Our host is Councillor Clive
Doucet, Capital Ward, City of Ottawa.
Learn more about how Canadians are helping queers in Iran find freedom
from persecution and safe haven to be who they are. Performance by
Ottawa’s GLBT mixed choral ensemble “Tone Cluster — quite a queer choir”
please click here to see our flyer. |
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 Five
Human Rights Groups Launch Worldwide '346 No Execution' Campaign (January
28, 10)
Today, five human
rights advocacy groups in five Western nations announced the official
launching of the 346 No Executions campaign, a coordinated worldwide
effort to inspire at least 346 citizens in each member nation
to submit letters
of petition to their respective foreign ministries, specifically
requesting that diplomatic pressure be applied to the government of Iran
to abolish its death penalty.
پنج
سازمان حقوق بشری کمپین جهانی "346 نه به اعدام" را راه اندازی کردند
پنج سازمان مدافع
حقوق بشر شروع به کار کمپین "346 نه به اعدام" در پنج کشور غربی را رسماً
اعلام کردند. این حرکتی هماهنگ برای تشویق دست کم 346 شهروند از کشورهای عضو
برای نوشتن نامه به وزارت امور خارجه ی کشور مطبوع خود است.
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Be Very Careful in
Arranging Meetings (January 26, 10)
This is a message
from the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees and from the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. We have
been receiving reports from Iran that police, basij, and Revolutionary
Guards may be working undercover on Manjam dot com and other sites.
کاملا مراقب
قرارهای اینترنتی خود باشید (26 ژانویه 2010)
این پیغام از طرف
سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی (IRQR) و بخش دگرباشان سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر
(HRW) تهیه و منتشر شده است. ما گزارش هایی دریافت کرده این که پلیس، بسیج و
نیروهای امنیتی به صورت
مخفیانه سایت منجم
دات کام و دیگر سایت های مشابه را تحت نظر قرار دارند.
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activists of “GayBelarus” were sentenced to pay penalty for participating
in a humanistic action near the embassy of Iran in Minsk (December 23, 09)
On Wednesday,
December 23, in a court of Soviet region of Minsk a took place a judicial
process over Sergey Androsenko and Sergey Praded for taking part in an
action for defense of Iranian gays sentenced to death.
Sergey Praded got
a penalty at the rate of Br 350 000 (85 euro) for taking part in not
authorized picket action (according to art. 23.34 part 1 of Belarusian
code of administrative offences).
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بیانیه ی سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی در ارتباط با جرایم جنسی (یازدهم
دسامبر2009)
در طول سال ها تلاش
سازمان ها و شخصیت های مدافع حقوق بشر، یکی از موانع بر سر راه محکوم کردن
حکومت اسلامی ایران در صحنه ی بین الملل اتهامات کاذبی است که هر یک از
قربانیان نقض حقوق بشر در ایران با آن روبه رو می شوند. با افزایش این عمل
سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی وظیفه ی خود می داند که
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Call
for Action - Send Appeal to Stop Execution of Three Persons For Homosexual
Act (November 16, 09)
Nemat Safavi from
the city of Ardebil, Mehdi P. from Tabriz, and Mohsen Gh. from Shiraz were
all arrested, tried and sentenced to death in different courts in Iran,
based on accusations of homosexual acts
به
اعدام سه نفر به جرم همجنسگرایی اعتراض کنید (26 آبان 88)
بدین وسیله به
اطلاع عموم می رساند که سه شهروند ایرانی به اتهام داشتن رابطه ی همجنس
گرایانه زیر سن قانونی در خطر قریب الوقوع اعدام قرار دارند. نعمت صفوی در سن
16
سالگی به "اتهام" رابطه ی همجنس گرایانه (لواط) در شهر اردبیل دستگیر و به
رای دادگاهی در همین شهر، تا امروز به مدّت پنج سال در بند بوده است.
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 An
Open Letter to German Minister of Foreign Affairs (November 9, 09)
On behalf of the
IRQR, I wish to first of all congratulate you on your appointment as
Germany's new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor.
We take particular
pride in your appointment since you achieved success without hiding your
own sexual orientation and relationship with another man.
نامه ی سرگشاده به
وزیر امور خارجه ی آلمان (نهم نوامبر 2009)
پیش از هر چیز
مفتخرم به نمایندگی از سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی
انتصاب
جنابعالی برای دو مقام معاون اولی صدر اعظم و وزارت امور خارجه ی جمهوری
فدرال آلمان را تبریک عرض کنم.
عدم انکار هویت
جنسی در راه نیل به این موفقیت از سوی شما موجبات افتخار ویژه برای ما را
فراهم آورده است. آرزو می کنم همچنان بر اوج بی پروایی، نقش ویژه ای در روابط
بین الملل ایفا فرمایید.
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 Human
Rights Watch - Iran: Revoke Death Sentences for Juvenile Offenders
(New York,
November 4, 2009) – Iran should immediately halt the planned executions of
three men under charges of male homosexual conduct allegedly committed
when they were children, Human Rights Watch said today.
سازمان دیده بان
حقوق بشر - ایران: احکام اعدام متهمان نوجوان را لغو کنید
دیده بان حقوق بشر
امروز از دولت ایران خواست که فورا سه حکم اعدام برنامه ریزی شده برای سه
نفری که به انجام عمل همجنس گرایی در زمانی که زیر هجده سال داشتند متهم
هستند را متوقف کند.
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Nemat Safavi has
been sentenced to Death (October 31, 09)
According to the
Human Rights Activist Group in Iran, Nemat was detained by Iranian
authorities when he was 16 years old because of his homosexual acts
(Lavat). He was sentenced to death after being tried in the court of
Ardebil.
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Iranian
transgenders are not secure in Iran (October 20, 09)
We have received
reports very recently from our contacts in Iran exemplifying the torment
endured by transgendered persons. On Saturday October 10, members of
Basiji forces fired a gun at Sahar, an Iranian transgender, in the
Abbasabad Street of Tehran.
دگرجنس گونگان
ایرانی درکشور خود در امنیت نیستند (20 اکتبر 2009)
در حقیقت دگرجنس
گونگان ایرانی اگر مستقیماً با خطر مرگ رو به رو نباشند، با تحقیر، تهاجم و
تجاوز درگیر هستند. و این نه تنها از سوی ماموران دولتی، که از سوی همسایگان،
خانواده و کسانی که ممکن است دوست به حساب آمده باشند هم اعمال می شود.
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Rahim
Mohammadi Executed in Iran for A Homosexual Act - Lavat (October 14, 2009)
On October 6,
2009, Rahim
Mohammadi was executed in Tabriz, a city in northwest Iran, after being
convicted of sexual abuse and rape during sexual relations between males
(a homosexual act called Lavat).
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 Libby
Davies, Member of Canadian Parliament and Iranian Queer Refugees (May
11, 09)
Libby Davies is
member of Canadian Parliament for Vancouver east. She is supporting IRQR
efforts and fowling up refugee cases with Canadian Embassy in Ankara.
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Libby
Davies and Minister Lawrence Cannon (April 6, 09)
Libby Davies, NDP Member of Canadian Parliament follow up letter to
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada about Iranian
queer refugees in Turkey.
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 Minister
of Citizenship and Immigration Canada's respond to Dr. Hedy Fry, MP
(March 27, 09)
Minister Jason Kenney responded Dr. Hedy Fry's letter about Iranian
queer refugees in Turkey and we received a copy of this letter.
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 Hon.
Hedy Fry and UNHCR in Ankara (March 16, 09)
Thank you for your prompt reply to my letter of March 4, 2009. I remain
extremely concerned that these urgent cases have yet to be referred to
Canada for resettlement
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 Purchase
a Copy of Book and Support a Refugee.
(March
07, 09)
We received some copy of
Saviz's book from his mother to support Iranian queer asylum seekers.
In 1972 Saviz delivered a speech
at University of Shiraz to present the results
of a questionnaire and research he had done to study attitudes towards
sexual orientation in Iran. The first open discussion of this material,
the speech to everyone’s
surprise, attracted several hundred of his peers
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Iranian Queer
Asylum Seekers in Turkey and Germany (February 27, 09)
  IRQR's
Board of Directors has asked our Executive Director, Arsham Parsi, to
travel to Turkey in order to help them out.
Experience has
shown that when Arsham is able to be present in person, it makes a huge
difference.
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Hon.
Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and UNHCR (Feb
26, 09)
IRQR is following Iranian queer asylum seekers situation with Canadian
government. after our meeting with Hon. Jason Kenney and member
of parliaments, CIC is supporting Iranian queer cause. please read the
Minister's letter to UNHCR representative in Canada regarding Iranian
queer refugees.
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 IRQR
Meets with Canadian Members of Parliaments (February 17, 09)
Arsham Parsi, the
IRanian Queer Railroad's Executive Director, met with Canadian Members of
Parliaments on Monday February 9th 2009 in Ottawa.
The meetings with
Claude Bachand from Bloc Québécois party, Hon. Dr. Hedy Fry, Hon. Bob Rae
and Mario Silva from Liberal party, Bill Siksay and Libby Davies from New
Democratic party were
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A
Joint Letter to UNHCR about Iranian Queer Asylum Seekers (February 13,
09)
We write out of
great concern for the safety and well-being of a small but growing
number of people in Turkey who have fled marginalisation, torture and
threats to their lives in Iran.
These are men
and women whose sexual orientation is prohibited by law in Iran, in
contravention of international human rights conventions, which are now
being interpreted to extend protection to people against discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
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Foreign
Affairs Canada and Iranian queer (February 11, 09)
On behalf of the Honourable Lawrence Cannon,
I wish to thank you for your letter of January 30. The Minister has
requested that I respond to your concerns regarding gay and lesbian
Iranian refugees.
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IRanian
Homosexual Human Rights
Council Launched (February 15, 09)
On December 10th
2008, in the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, named as the year of decriminalization of homosexuality,
the Iranian
Homosexual Human Rights Council was founded by the aim of spreading the
human rights of homosexuals in Iran.
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 IRQR
Meets with Dr. Reza Moridi, MPP (February 06, 09)
Arsham Parsi, the
IRanian Queer Railroad's Executive Director, met with Dr. Reza Moridi,
Iranian Member of Ontario Parliament on Thursday, February 05, 2009.
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IRQR
Meets with Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
(January 24, 09)
Arsham Parsi, the
IRanian Queer Railroad's Executive Director, met with the Hon. Jason
Kenney, PC, MP, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
Canada.
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 Iranian
Queer Cause and Freedom Tax (December
29,
08)
In two days we
will start a New Year. It could be a new “hope” for all Iranian queer
asylum seekers who are fighting for their basic rights. In one of my
speeches in 2006, I said that we are paying taxes for everything that we
have, but freedom
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Hour Magazine Give
Honor of Hero to Arsham Parsi Among Others! (December
25, 08)
 Hero:
Toronto-based Arsham Parsi, for founding the Iranian Queer Railroad
which helps persecuted queer
Iranians find refuge in neighbouring
countries. The IRQR is
modelled on the 19th century
Underground Railroad that used various routes and safe houses to bring
American slaves to freedom in Canada.
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IRQR Urges the UN
General Assembly to Adopt the France Resolution on Dec 10. (December 5,
08)
In memorial of Makvan- who was executed in Iran.
Last year
in Iran on December 5, 2007 Makvan Mouloodzadeh 21-years old was executed.
Homophobia runs
deep into Iranian society. This, of course, partly reflects the influence
of the conservative Islamic legal and religious standards
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Elham Paid her
Financial Aid Back for Others (November 28,
2008)
On early October
we called our Iranian queer alliances to support Elham who needed money
for her exit permit from Turkey to Canada.
It was a great
online fundraising. On the phone conversation Elham said “I will try my
best to return this money to IRQR. Because I believe you will help others
who are at my situation.”
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 The
First Iranian Queer Radio Has Been Broadcast. (November 28, 08)
We proudly
announce that the first Iranian queer radio called RAHA has been
re-broadcast. RAHA means “Liberated” which
started to
broadcast from April 2005. Its aim was to deliver the message of Iranian
queer population nation wide.
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 Iran:
IGLHRC Welcomes Moratorium on the Death Penalty for Juveniles
(October 17, 08)
New York, October
17, 2008)
- The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) welcomed
the announcement this week by the Deputy Attorney General of Iran that
judicial authorities
would put a
moratorium on the death penalty for juveniles. The moratorium will take
effect immediately, with plans to seek final parliamentary approval.
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 Update
on Elham’s online fundraising
(October 06, 08)
First of all, we
should appreciate all IRQO’s alliances. They are always our great
supporters. Since yesterday we could collect 437.67 CAD in our Paypal
account. We need
282.33$ more for helping Elham to make her free life in Canada. We
received different amounts of donations, 100$,
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Elham
needs urgent help
(October 05, 08)
Elham is 24
years-old Iranian refugee in Turkey. She left Iran to Turkey about 19
months ago. She recognized as refugee on base of her sexual orientation by
office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee in Ankara. They referred her
case to the Canadian Embassy for resettlement. Now
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Death penalty for man accused of
homosexuality (September
23, 08)
Nemat Safavi, an
Ardebili juvenile was detained by the government when he was 16 year old
because of his homosexual acts and he sentenced to death after being
prosecuted by the court of Ardebil.
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A Note of
Appreciation
 On
behalf of IRQO, Arsham Parsi recently spent time in the United States,
traveling to various cities and meeting with several wonderful people.
IRQO would like to thank them for their warm hospitality and
for their generosity for having helped him with travel expenses.
Additionally, IRQO wishes to acknowledge that
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Deepest Gratitude for ISIS
(August 06, 08)
The 7th biannual
conference for International Society for Iranian Studies organized by
University of Toronto took place from July 31 to August 3, 2008.
سپاسگزاری از جمعیت
جهانی ایرانشناسی
هفتمین همایش جمعیت
جهانی ایرانشناسی توسط دانشگاه تورنتو از تاریخ سی و یکم جولای تا سوم آگوست
برگزار شد.
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A Support
Letter from Office of Hon Chris Carter
Hon Chris
Carter is Minister of Education, Minister for Ethnic Affairs and Minister
responsible for the education review office in New Zealand
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متن
سخنرانی آرشام پارسی در سمینار بررسی موانع ترویج حقوق بشر در سن خوزه
کالیفرنیا (20 جون 08)
بررسی
موانع رعایت و ترویج حقوق بشر در ایران تنها در صورتی امکان پذیر است که
تمامی نیازها و عوامل موثر در رعایت حقوق انسان ها با هم و در کنار هم مورد
بررسی قرار بگیرد. نمی توان در رابطه با حقوق بشر فعالیت کرد و یا حرف زد و
آن را محدود به یک قشر جامعه دانست و یا گروهی از اعضای آن جامعه را از آن
جدا کرد و یا حتی بررسی آن را به تعویق انداخت. شاید حتی به درستی نتوانیم
اولویتی هم برای آن در نظر بگیریم زیرا همه ی آنها به یک اندازه اهمیت دارند.
What can I tell you
about Iranian queers?
Translation of
Arsham Parsi’s speech at Iranian Society for Human Rights Seminar in San
Jose, California.
Studying the human
rights situation in Iran is only possible if all the needs and factors
that contribute to its observance are looked at alongside one another. We
cannot participate in the field of human rights or even speak about it if
it is applied
only to one section of society, if a certain social group is excluded from
it, or even if its comprehensive analysis is postponed. We cannot
correctly prioritize one issue over another because all human rights are
equally important. The culture of respecting human rights must be built
from the bottom up.
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AN INTERNATIONAL
CALL TO END ALL EXECUTIONS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS:
Implement the
Prohibition against the Juvenile Death Penalty in Law and Practice
فراخوان
بین المللی برای توقف اعدام نوجوانان
منع
مجازات اعدام نوجوانان را هم در قوانین وهم در عمل به اجرا بگذارید
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ترجمه ی فارسی اصول جوگجاکارتا، در دفاع از برابری حقوق همجنسگرایان
اصول مربوط به شمول قوانین بین المللی حقوق بشر در زمینه ی تمایل جنسی و هویت
جنسی
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Addressing Homophobia in Iran, Boroumand
Foundation
In
Iran, same sex sexual acts between consenting adults are crimes. Since
1979, thousands of Iranians have been intimidated, harassed in their own
homes, arrested, tortured, subjected to cruel corporal punishment,
and
executed. Some are diagnosed with psychological disorders while others are
forced to deny their sexual orientation or
رویارویی با همجنسگراستیزی، بنیاد برومند
در
ایران روابط جنسی مرضىالطرفين میان اشخاص بالغ و عاقل جرم محسوب میشود. از
سال ۱۳۵۷ تاکنون، هزاران ایرانی مرعوب شده، در خانههایشان مورد اذیت و آزار
قرار گرفته،
دستگیر و شکنجه شده،
مورد تنبیهات خشن جسمی قرار گرفته، و اعدام شدهاند. بعضی را دچارعدم تعادل
روحی
دانسته اند، برخی دیگر را مجبور به نفی تمایلات جنسیشان نموده، و یا به
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New Women in Iran,
Depaul University, Chicago (May 20, 08)
It is my pleasure to
be here, in the University of Depaul today and I should thank Ezzat
Goushegir for inviting me and let me talk about Iranian transgender
people. Let me read a short report about transgender’s situation in Iran
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IRQO Joins IDAHO in
Chicago (May, 17, 08)
Martin Luther King, in one of his historic speeches in 1963, said “I have
a dream”. Today, on the 17th of May, the International Day
against Homophobia, in Chicago, I, Arsham Parsi, a queer activist who must
live in exile say “I have a dream,
Too”.
My dream is that one
day the rights of all queers will be recognized and respected. That one
day no one will be executed, tortured, arrested, imprisoned, isolated by
society or disowned by their family and community for being queer
ایرکیو در روز جهانی مقابله با همجنسگراستیزی در شیکاگو
(هفدهم می
2007)
مارتین
لوتر کینگ در یکی از سخنرانی های تاریخی اش در سال 1963 گفت: "من، یک آرزو
دارم"، امروز، من، آرشام پارسی، فعال حقوق دگرباشان جنسی، که ناچارم در تبعید
زندگی کنم، در هفدهم ماه
می در
شیکاگو و در روز جهانی مقابله با همجنسگرا ستیزی می گویم: "من هم یک آرزو
دارم". آرزوی من این است که روزی حقوق دگرباشان جنسی شناخته شود و محترم
شمرده شود.
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IRQO
in
solidarity with queer people in Russia (May 17, 08)
I am honoured to be
here, on the first year of International Day Against Homophobia in the
United States, and to participate in the rally of Gay
Liberation Network
in solidarity with queer people in Russia and highlighting the threatened
suppression of Moscow Pride on May 31st.
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IRQO in Chicago on May 17th 2008 - I.D.A.H.O.
The
Gay Liberation Network is proud to announce that Arsham Parsi, Founder and
Director of the Toronto-based
IRanian Queer
Organization (www.IRQO.net) will be the featured speaker at Chicago's May
17th International Day Against Homophobia (I.D.A.H.O.).
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IRQO at Equality
Forum in Philadelphia (May 1st, 08)
The dilemma of
choosing between being a gay man and a Muslim is a personal one for me,
since like most of my friends, my identity is formed by two important
factors: Islam and homosexuality.
For some of us, as
queer Muslims, Islam is a divine religion that inspires, and sometimes
even dictates the way we live; for others it is simply a cultural
foundation that establishes our language, history and social interactions
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IRQO at IGLHRC's
"Celebration of Courage" (April 28, 08)
I
’m happy to be here tonight in
New York to represent the
IRanian Queer Organization along with my colleague Ms. Roshan Borhan.
First of all, we would like
to
sincerely thank IGLHRC for the 2008 Felipa Award. When Paula Ettelbrick
informed me about the Award, I was working on Mehdi Kazemi’s case.
ایرکیو
در مراسم جایزه ی فلیپا
آرشام پارسی
هستم و به اتفاق همکارم خانم روشن برهان خوشوقتیم که به نمایندگی از سازمان
دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی امروز در خدمت شما دوستان عزیز در نیویورک
هستیم.
قبل از هر چیز باید از کمیسیون
جهانی
حقوق بشر دگرباشان جنسی تشکر کنیم که جایزه ی حقوق بشر امسال خود را به ما
اختصاص دادند.
وقتی
پائولواتلبریک خبر جایزه ی فیلپا را به من داد مشغول کار بر روی پرونده ی
مهدی کاظمی بودم.
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Gays and Lesbians in
the Muslim World
Equality Forum 2008's
featured international programming takes a bold look at gay and lesbian
life
and identity in Muslim countries. Moderated by Michael Luongo, author of
Gay Travels in the Muslim World, this program offers inside
accounts of the discrimination faced by gay and lesbian citizens, and the
growing voices emerging from within Muslim countries.
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IRQO in New York
City,
USA: A Celebration of Courage
Just 11
more days to go until IGLHRC's A Celebration of Courage event in
New York City, where IGLHRC will present its 2008 Felipa Award
to two
outstanding grassroots activists--Arsham Parsi on behalf of the
Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) and Chilean trans activist
Andrés Ignacio Rivera Duarte.
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Equality Forum Calls
on Presidential Candidates
Requests Letter to
UK to Revoke Deportation for Gay Iranians (April 3, 08)
Equality Forum, a US headquartered
national and international GLBT civil rights organization, called on
Presidential candidates Clinton, McCain and Obama to send letters to
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to revoke the deportation orders for
the return of gays and lesbians in the UK to Iran.
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Bibi's
Fundraising,
Benefiting Six Queer International Charitable Queer Organizations
(March 31,08)
Bibi will donate
100% of the proceeds to six international charitable organizations: Helem
(LGBT Center in Lebanon), Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO),
Iraqi LGBT, and ASWAT (Gay Palestinian Women's group). Two additional
organizations will be selected by our guests at the night of the event.
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HRW:
Private Homes Raided for
‘Immorality’ (March 28, 08)
(New
York, March 28, 2008) – The arrest of more than 30 men
attending a party in a private home in the city of Esfahan
signals renewed efforts by Iranian authorities to enforce
“morality” codes,
and
highlights the fragility of basic rights in a country where
police powers routinely undermine privacy, Human Rights
Watch said today...
دیده بان حقوق بشر: هجوم به منازل شخصی به دلیل "بی عفتی" (28
مارچ 08)
(نیویورک، 28 مارس 2008) – دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد
دستگیری بیش از 30 مرد شرکت کننده در یک مهمانی خصوصی در
اصفهان حاکی از از تشدید اقدامات مسئولین برای اجرای قوانین
"اخلاقی" است و نشان
از شکنندگی حقوق اولیه در کشوری دارد که در آن قدرت پلیس
همواره تضعیف کننده حریم شخصی است...
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The
European Parliament’s Resolution on Mehdi Kazemi’s case (Mar
14, 08)
having
regard to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR),
and in particular to Article 3 thereof, which prohibits the
removal, expulsion or extradition of persons to countries
where there is a serious
risk
that they would be subjected to the death penalty, torture
or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment...
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IGLHRC
Announces 2008 Felipa de Souza Award Winners (March 04,08)
IGLHRC
announced today that it would
award its 2008 Felipa de Souza Award to two outstanding
nominees—the Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) and Chilean
trans activist Andrés Ignacio Rivera Duarte.
سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی برنده جایزه جهانی
امسال
موسسه بین المللی دفاع از حقوق دگرباشان شد
(چهارم مارچ 2008)
موسسه
بین المللی دفاع از حقوق دگرباشان امروز اعلام نمود که جایزه
سالانه دفاع از حقوق بشر این موسسه، موسوم به جایزه فلیپا دو
سوزا، امسال نصیب دو منتخب برجسته از کشور های ایران و شیلی
خواهد شد.
سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی
(ایرکیو)
و آقای آندرس ایگناسیو ریورا دو آرته، فعال دگرجنس شده (ترانسکشوال)
از کشور شیلی، بطور مشترک، برنده امسال این جایزه خواهند
بود.
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Arsham Parsi at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa
(February 03, 08)
A few weeks ago, I received an email with the subject "I'm
lonely, help me." The sender was about 40 years old,
and he was truly lonely. He's been hiding his
sexuality for years and...
آرشام
پارسی در کلیسای یونیترین یونیورسال اتاوا
چند هفته
پیش ایمیلی دریافت کردم که عنوانش این بود "تنها هستم، کمکم
کنید." نویسنده ی ایمیل، آنطور که خودش گفت، حدود چهل سال داشت
و به معنای واقعی کلمه تنها بود. سال ها گرایش جنسی اش را از
دیگران مخفی کرده و
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UN's
Top Rights Chief Speaks Out Against Execution of A Minor in
Iran (December 07, 07)
Louise Arbour expressed her "grave concern" on 6 December
over the execution of Makwan Moloudzadeh the previous day in
a prison in Iran's Kermanshah Province, according to a
statement released by her office
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IGLHRC:
Young Man Executed for Alleged Sex Crime
(December 05, 07)
Mr.
Makvan Mouloodzadeh was executed in Kermanshah Central
Prison at 5 a.m. this morning, Iranian time. Neither Mr.
Mouloodzadeh's family or his lawyer were told about the
execution until after it occurred. IGLHRC is still
investigating the facts in this case |
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Arzhang
Tortured For Being Gay
(October 08, 07)
(Warning, the file contains disrubing
pictures)
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Arsham Parsi's speech at Canadian for Choice discussion
panel in Toronto (November 24, 07)
In
the past, my speeches were mostly from a legal standpoint
and I talked about the legal and social conditions of
Iranian queers. This is my first
speech on sexual
health and the Iranian queer population. I thank my
friends at Canadian For Choice for giving me and IRQO this
opportunity.
متن سخنرانی آرشام پارسی در برنامه ی
Canadian For Choice - تورنتو (24 نوامبر 2007)
در گذشته بیشتر صحبت های من جنبه ی حقوقی
داشته و در ارتباط با شرایط اجتماعی و حقوقی دگرباشان در ایران
بوده است. فکر می کنم این اولین سخنرانی من در ارتباط با وضعیت
بهداشت و سلامت جامعه ی
دگرباش ایرانی است و باید از مسئولان
برنامه
سپاسگزاری کنم که این فرصت را برای سازمان ایرکیو و من فراهم
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IRQO Needs Sponsor for an Important Event in
USA About Iranian Queers
(November 20, 07)
...
Arsham Parsi,
Executive Director of IRanian Queer Organization – IRQO has been invited
to be a Panelist on the Gay and Lesbian in the Muslin World Panel at
Equality Forum 2008.
The moderator of
this panel will be Michael Luongo, author of “Gay Travels in the Muslim
World”
...
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Flowers for life in Iran
(November 15, 07)
 ...
It is for this reason that we are asking you
to send a white flower (symbol of life) and a red flower (symbol of blood)
to the Iranian President, Mahmud Ahmadinejad,
asking
him not to spill the blood of other innocent victims, and to abandon the
path of terror and violence ...
گُل برای زندگی در
ایران
این
لازم است که به آقای احمدی نژاد و قضات نزدیک شویم و به آنها
در آرامش و به دور از جنجال بگوییم که زندگی در همه جای دنیا
مقدس شمرده می شود و بنا به تمام ادیان همیشه پیامبران مردم
را به شفقت و مهربانی دعوت می کردند.
بنا به این دلیل ما از شما می خواهیم که یک گل سفید به نشانۀ
زندگی و یک گل قرمز به نشانۀ خون به رییس جمهور ایران- محمود
احمدی نژاد – بفرستید و از ایشان بخواهید که خون قربانیان
بیگناه را نریزد و از خشونت و ترور دست بکشد.
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IGLHRC: Stop the Execution of
Child Offender Convicted of Sodomy
(November 05, 07)
The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
(IGLHRC) has learned that Makvan Mouloodzadeh, a 21-year old
Iranian citizen of Kurdish origin from the city of Paveh, in
the Western province of Kermanshah, has been sentenced by
the government to execution.
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HRW: Revoke Death Sentence in
Juvenile Case (November 03, 07)
Washington, DC, November 3, 2007) – Iranian authorities
should immediately prevent the execution of Makwan
Mouloudzadeh and commute his death sentence, Human Rights
Watch said today. Mouloudzadeh, 20, was sentenced to death
in...
دیده بان حقوق بشر: حکم اعدام برای پرونده
نوجوان را لغو کنید.
(سوم نوامبر) |
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Execution in
Iran
Halted: IGLHRC Cites Global Protest as Central
IGLHRC has learned that the Iranian Chief Justice, Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud
Hashemi Shahrudi, has nullified the impending death sentence of Mr. Makvan
Mouloodzadeh...
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تلاش براي توقف حكم
اعدام ماكوان
مولودزاده، جوان 21 ساله كرد
(7 آبان 86)
ماكوان مولودزاده، جوان 21 ساله كرد در معرض
اجراي حكم اعدام قرار
دارد. مولودزاده به اتهام لواط در حالي تحت
حكم اعدام قرار دارد كه در زمان ارتكاب
جرم طبق قانون اساسي ايران به سن
بلوغ نرسيده و طبق معاهدات بين المللي كه توسط
دولت ايران پذيرفته شده اعدام مجرميني كه زير
18 سال سن دارند غيرقانوني است...
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Abolish Capital Punishment in Iran –
Stop execution of Makwan Moloudzadeh
(October 30, 07)
Makwan Moloudzadeh,
a 21 year old Iranian now faces the threat of execution. His crime is his
sexuality, which is illegal under the Law of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Many have been executed for sexual crimes such as
ما خواهان لغو
کامل مجازات اعدام در ایران هستیم
- ماکوان
مولودزاده را اعدام نکنید
خطر اعدام
ماکوان مولودزاده جوان 21 ساله ی ایرانی را تهدید می کند. جرم او داشتن روابط
جنسی ایست که در جمهوری اسلامی ایران به رسمیت شناخته نشده است. تا کنون در
ایران افراد زیادی به دلیل داشتن رابطه جنسی خارج از ازدواج و یا روابط جنسی
با همجنس محکوم به اعدام شده اند. با توجه به کارکرد سیستم قضایی جمهوری
اسلامی ایران دسترسی به مدارک و شواهد موجود در پرونده های... |
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Death
penalty/imminent execution/Makwan
Moloudzadeh
(October 26,
07)
Child
offender Makwan Moloudzadeh, an Iranian Kurd, is believed to
be at risk of imminent execution. He has reportedly been
convicted of lavat-e iqabi (anal sex) for the alleged
rape of a 13-year-old boy. Makwan Moloudzadeh was aged 13 at
the time of the alleged offence...
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Queer
Iranians and Mr. Ahmadinejad in the Press (October 1, 07)
A question was asked about
the situation of homosexuals in Iran and in response Mr.
Ahmadinejad replied: "In our country we don't have
homosexuals like in your country. This does not exist in our
country. I don't know who has told you that we have this."
...
دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی و آقای احمدی نژاد در رسانه ها
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بهانه ی
دولت جمهوری اسلامی ایران برای تعطیل مجدد روزنامه ی شرق
در ساعت
شش صبح روز شنبه، سیزدهم مرداد، بخش ادبی روزنامه ی شرق مصاحبه ای با شاعر و
نویسنده ی ایرانی مقیم کانادا را در نشریه ی خود منتشر کرد و در عرض چند ساعت
بر اثر فشار و تهدیدهای دولتی همراه با توضیح و عذرخواهی مطلب
را از
سایت خود حذف نمود. با کمال تأسف، و نه تعجب، کانون های فشار بی اعتنا به
توضیحات و اصلاحات مسئولین این نشریه، اقدام به توقیف و تعطیل نشریه نموده و
آزادی و امنیت مسئولین این نشریه ی معتبر را مورد تهدید قرار دادند |
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IGLHRC Deplores
Denial of Iranian Homosexuals by President Ahmadinejad
(Sep 24, 07)
(New
York, Monday September 24, 2007) – Today, during a controversial talk at
Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum,
Iranian President
Dr. Mahmood Ahmadinejad categorically denied the existence of
homosexuality in Iran: “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your
country. … |
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Arsham
Parsi speaks at Gozar Panel, Silenced Voices, Toronto
(September 16, 07)
A century has passed since the times
when people feared using the word 'democracy'. If someone spoke of
universal suffrage, they would face condemnation. Talk of democracy and
individual rights had to take place secretly. But...
متن سخنرانی
آرشام پارسی در برنامه نشریه گذار (16 سپتامبر 07)
در
ابتدا از گذار و سردبیر آن ساسان قهرمان تشکر
می کنم که سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی - ایرکیو را دعوت
کردند تا امروز در خدمت شما عزیزان باشیم. سازمان ایرکیو پس از گذراندن یک
دوره ی پنج ساله، که در ایران و ترکیه به سر آمد،... |
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Euro-Parliament
takes up the case of Iranian lesbian threatened with expulsion
(August 30, 07)
Following a proposal by Italian MEP Giusto Catania (PRC), representing the
European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Group in the European
Parliament during today's Conference of Presidents ... |
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IGLHRC Condemns
Iran’s Continued Use of Sodomy Laws To Justify Executions and Arbitrary
Arrests
(New
York, July 18, 2007) - Despite a widely publicized outcry two years ago when Iranian
authorities executed two young men in the northeastern city of Mashhed,
the government continues to target, arrest,
prosecute, and execute individuals under its sodomy law. The International
Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) condemns
Iran’s violations of
human rights law and asks that human rights groups around the world work
to support those targeted by the government. |
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Iran’s Sodomy Law:
Reading Between the Lines
Sodomy laws make it a crime to engage in non-procreative sex. Crimes
against nature, deviant sexual conduct, and homosexual conduct are among
the many terms used within criminal codes
around the world.
Frequently, in the context of arrests and imprisonment, an actual act of
sodomy has not been committed.
Rather, the law is
used to target those whose sexuality is believed to defy social norms and
preferences for heterosexual relationships and to justify state action in
removing the “offenders” from the community.
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New Wave of State Violence in Iran (July 27, 07)
Within the past two
weeks, following the rightful objection of the Iranian people in regard to
ever-increasing government pressures, a new wave of repression and
suppression has begun inside Iran
بیانیه
ایرکیو در ارتباط با موج جدید خشونت ها در داخل ایران و اظهارات سعید مرتضوی
طی دو
هفته گذشته و به دنبال اعتراضات بر حق مردم ایران در مورد فشارهای روزافزون
دولت، موج جدیدی از اختناق و سرکوب در داخل ایران آغاز گشته است.
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General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran
and Homosexuality (July 24, 07)
Transcript of an
interview about homosexuality with the General and Revolutionary
Prosecutor of Tehran Saeed Mortazavi, on the television program Kooleh
Poshty from channel 3 of the Islamic Republic of Iran's TV network (IRIB)
اظهارات سعید مرتضوی در شبکه ی سوم سیما
... ما مبنایمان در
رابطه با اعمالی که افراد از خودشان ظهور و بروز می دهند قانون است در واقع
اصل قانونی بودن جرم و مجازات ها بر رفتار و کردار افراد حاکم است. |
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IRQO's
Statement regarding July 19 (July 09, 07)
On the anniversary of the tragic event of
July 19, 2005 in, Iran, the execution of two teenagers by the accusation
of homosexual acts, we appreciate the help and support of many,
individuals and organizations that encouraged us to continue our struggle
for providing a safe and dignified environment for Iranian queer people |
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پیام
سازمان دگرباشان جنسی ایرانی به همایش همبستگی پاریس
علی رغم
اینکه به دلیل فاصله ی جغرافیایی و محدودیت شرایط امکان حضور جسمی ما در کنار
شما ممکن نیست به یقین یکایک ما نه تنها در طول این نشست بلکه در راه درازی
که هر یک از شما در تلاش
برای
استقرار دموکراسی در ایران و رسیدن به فردایی آزاد، برابر و مستقل پیش گرفته
و پیشه ی خود کرده اید با شما همگام و همراهیم |
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Iran in Pride Parade 2007,
Toronto (June 24, 07)
Toronto’s annual
Pride Parade is not only the biggest in Canada, but also one of the
biggest in the world. The event honours diverse sexual and gender
identities, histories and cultures
ایران در جشنواره ی دگرباشان تورنتو
رژه ی افتخار دگرباشان تورنتو نه تنها بزرگترین
و باشکوه ترین پراید کاناداست بلکه یکی از بزرگترین پرایدهای دنیا می باشد که
گوناگونی گرایش و هویت های جنسی، تاریخی و فرهنگی را ارج می نهد |
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Attention:
Suspicious likeness with PGLO or IRQO
(June 15, 07)
The site is using a
name too close to our organization's PGLO, and is also using our logo;
however the email address is not exactly like ours
شباهتی مشکوک به سایت سازمان
این سایت
که آدرسی بسیار شبیه سازمان ما دارد از نام و لوگوی ما استفاده کرده و بخش
عمده ی مطالب این سایت از سازمان پی چی ال او یا ابرکیو برداشته شده است و
همچنین عکس هایی دیگر که متعلق به سازمان ما نیست را در خود دارد |
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Amnesty
International's Statement regarding the Birthday Party
in Esfahan (June 6, 07) 2
Twelve were
reportedly released in the weeks following their arrest while four of the
remaining five were released on 29 May. All of these men were required to
post bail and will reportedly face a trial scheduled to take place in June |
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More on
the Birthday
Party in Esfahan (June 6,
07)
Eighty seven young men were arrested and beaten by police at a birthday
party in Esfahan around 10:00 pm on May 10th, 2007. The police
force while holding shooting camera accompanied by four clergymen
first entered the
second floor of the home where the family members were gathered and
arrested some of them in addition to a child |
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Amnesty International's Statement regarding the
Birthday Party in Esfahan (May 18, 07) 1
The men were among
87 people reportedly arrested at the party; the others have been released,
apparently on bail, and are likely to face prosecution in the future.
Those still detained
are believed to have been wearing clothes generally associated with women
at the time of their arrest |
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Iran: End
Arrests on Immorality Charges,
HRW (May 17, 07)
(New York, May 17, 2007) –
Iran’s arbitrary arrests of thousands of men and women in recent weeks
under the banner of “countering immoral behavior” threaten basic rights to
privacy, Human Rights Watch said today.
ایران:
به دستگیری های گسترده برای"اتهامات اخلاقی" پایان دهید -
سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر
(نیویورک،
بیست و هقتم اردیبهشت 2007)
سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر امروز با انتشار بیانیه ای، دستگیری هزاران نفرزن
ومرد در طی هفته های گذشته و تحت پوشش "مقابله با شئون غیراخلاقی"
را نشان
دهنده تهدیدی برای حرمت حریم خصوصی درایران، توسط اقدامات عنان گسیخته پلیس
دانست |
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‘Hall of Shame’ Exposes
Dangers of High-Level Homophobia,
HRW (May 16, 07)
(New York,
May 16, 2007) – Pope Benedict XVI, US President George W. Bush and Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have undermined human rights by actively
promoting prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people,
Human Rights Watch said today in its annual “hall of shame” to mark the
International Day Against Homophobia. |
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Raided
Birthday Party in Esfahan (May 14, 07)
According to new
information from Iran , the 80 young men arrested are under severe torture
and pressure by Iranian authorities but have not been officially charged
yet. Right now, they are held on the account of participation in a party
where alcohol
beverages were found, music was playing and young people were dancing.
Further, they found 16 young men who were wearing customs
هشتاد مرد جوان در اصفهان دستگیر شدند
پیرو
اطلاعات جدیدی که از ایران دریافت شده است هشتاد مرد جوان زیر شکنجه و فشار
فراوان در زندان نگهداری می شوند. جرایم آنان تا کنون بطور رسمی اعلام نشده و
حکمی صادر نگردیده است . |
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Human Rights Symposium
2006: A Glance at Systematic
Violation of Human Rights in Iran (Jan 27, 07)
On January 27, 2007 the
Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) hosted a symposium which highlighted the
systematic marginalization, stigmatization and violation of basic human
rights in Iran.
Although Iran’s
queer communities were the main focus of this historic one day symposium,
many speakers also addressed other form of discrimination based on gender,
language, ability, political belief and religious affiliation. |
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"Burgemeester Dales" Prize
goes to Saba Rawi
(Jan 26, 07)
Friday, January 26, Saba
Rawi will receive the 11e "Burgemeester Dales" Prize in the
Townhall of the City of Nijmegen.
صبا راوي جايزه مي گيرد
جمعه، 26 ژانویه
2006، صبا راوی در سالن شهرداری نایمیخن هلند، جایزه ی بورگمیستر دیلز را از
آن خود می کند. صبا راوی یازدهمین نفری است که در طول سال ها به جایزه ی
بورگیستر دست یافته است. |
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مشکلاتی جدی در نامه ی پیشنهادی به قوه ی قضائیه
نامه ای در وبلاگی به نام "حمایت از دستگیر شدگان اصفهان" (http://homayat.blogfa.com)
خطاب به جناب آقای هاشمی شاهرودی رئیس قوه ی قضائیه جمهوری اسلامی ایران
نوشته شده و از خوانندگان خواسته شده آن را امضا نمایند تا به آدرس قوه
قضائیه ارسال شود. |
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نامه
سازمان به شاهرخ رئيسي
(19 دسامبر 2006)
در شروع مایلم نهایت تأسف خودم و دیگر همکاران
نشریه چراغ و سازمان همجنسگرایان ایرانی را از تصمیم شما برای انصراف از
ادامه ی همکاری با این نشریه و سازمان اعلام کنم. |
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State homophobia - ILGA-IRQO 2007 |
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IGLHRC News Advisory on the Public Execution for Sodomy in Iran |
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گزارش سازمان ديده
بان حقوق بشر در مورد اعدام همجنسگرايان
(نيويورک،
22 نوامبر
2005)، سازمان ديده بان
حقوق بشر امروز اعلام کرد اعدام هفته گذشته دو مرد ديگر به علت همجنس گرايي
بيانگر روند آزار و اذيت همجنس گرايان در ايران بوده و نقض صريح حق زندگي و
آزادي هاي شخصي محسوب مي شود |
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Iran Executed another
person for same-sex relationship
(Nov 14, 06)
Shahab
Darvishsi, a delinquent person was executed in the Azadi Square of
Kermanshah on Tuesday evening.
فردی دیگر به
جرم لواط اعدام شد
به گزارش
خبرگزاری ایرنا امروز 23 آبان ماه 85، فردی به نام «شهاب درویشی» در میدان
آزادی کرمانشاه به دار آویخته شد. طبق معمول عمل لواط نیز در کنار چندین جرم
او دیگر او قید شده است.
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Netherlands safe haven
for Iranian Gay & Lesbian Asylum Seekers
(Oct 18, 06)
From now on Iranian
gay and lesbian asylum seekers are considered a ‘special group’ under
Dutch asylum law. This means that stating their identity, nationality and
sexual orientation will provide them asylum. |
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Arsham Parsi's speech in ILGA's Panel inside of UN
Human Rights Council in Geneva
It was about three
years ago we decided that since no one was hearing our voices, we should
announce our existence and make our presence felt.
متن
سخنراني دبير کل سازمان در دومين نشست شوراي جديد حقوق بشر سازمان ملل در ژنو
حدود سه
سال پیش، جمعی از همجنسگرایان ایرانی داخل ایران که حدود پنجاه نفر بودند،
زمانی که هیچ کس صدایشان را نمی شنید تصمیم گرفتند که... |
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A message the 3rd International
Congress Against Capital Punishment |
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IRQO message for the
International Day for Human Rights
بيانيه
سازمان دگرباشان جنسي ايران به مناسبت روز جهاني حقوق بشر |
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Announcement of
PGLO on the Occasion of the 19th of July
اطلاعيه
سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني به مناسبت روز 19 ژوئيه |
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Message
to 23rd world conference
ILGA
پيام
سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني به بيست و سومين کنفرانس جهاني ايلگا - ايپريل
2006 - ژنو |
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The first anniversary of the two teenagers who were executed in
Mashhad |
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A
Message from Hon. Hedy Fry, PC, MP Canada
for July 19 |
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A
letter to United Nations Human Rights Council
شوراي
حقوق بشر سازمان ملل و سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني |
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Arsham Parsi's Speech
text in Toronto Gala 2006
متن
سخنراني آرشام پارسي در جمع مدافعان حقوق اقليت هاي جنسي در تورنتو |
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Shirin
Ebady and Homosexuals' Exoneration |
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France
Foreign Affairs Minister and Iranian LGBT people
وزير امور خارجه
فرانسه و حقوق بشر در ايران |
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The Armenian
Genocide and the Holocaust, Mankind is Mortified |
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Submission
2 in the Netherlands |
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Message
from the PGLO in connection with International Workers' Day |
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A
Letter to
The Honourable Condoleezza Rice
به وزير
خارجه آمريکا دراعتراض به رد دادن حق مشورتي به ايلگا در سازمان
ملل |
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قُقنوس، دولت ایران دگرجنسگونگی را پذیرفته است نه دگرجنسگونگان را |
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پرسش
سازمان همجنس گرايان ايراني از اکبر گنجي |
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حمایت
سازمان همجنسگرایان ایرانی از فراخوان دفاع از زندانیان سیاسی در ایران |
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پيام
فعالان حقوق همجنسگرايان ايران بمناسبت روز جهاني مقابله با هموفوبيا خطاب به
هموطنان |
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روز
معلم و "هوموفوبيا" |
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پيام سازمان
همجنسگرايان ايراني به مناسبت روز جهاني کارگر |
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بيانيه مشترک فعالان حقوق همجنسگرايان ايران به
مناسبت روز جهاني کارگر |
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قتل چند تن
از دوجنس شدگان در تهران |
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پيام
سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني در حمايت از هموطنان ترک و آذري زبان
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پيام
سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني به هفدهمين کنفرانس سالانه بين المللي بنياد پژوهش
هاي زنان ايران |
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بيانيه
سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني در دفاع از اقليت مذهبي بهايي |
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پيام سازمان
همجنسگرايان ايراني به مناسبت جشن سده مشروطيت |
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بیانیه سازمان همجنسگرایان ایرانی به مناسبت
قتل عام ارامنه و هولوکاست |
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بيانيه
سازمان به مناسبت روز جهاني زن - 2006 |
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پيام سازمان
همجنسگرايان ايراني به دومين گردهمايي جمهوري خواهان دموکرات و لائيک |
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بيانيه
همبستگي سازمان همجنسگرايان ايراني از فراخوان کانون نويسندگان ايران |
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سازمان از
مبارزات "سنديکاي کارگران شرکت واحد اتوبوسراني تهران و حومه" حمايت مي کنند |
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بيانيه
سازمان در رابطه با روز جهاني حقوق بشر |
