Friday, November 21, 2008

Degrading treatment and abusive discipline in Iranian schools

Please watch this video:



Beating, beating, beating is one word that I can repeat forever. They beat students every time that they like even for no reason. Name calling in front of all students by principal or teachers are just normal behavior in Iranian schools. Students don't know what their rights are and what they should stand for this out of mind teacher's behavior. Where on the earth teachers and principals would humiliate students? What really are they going to build out of these students?

These kids grow up without knowing what their rights are and what they should stand for. They have got beaten in school, the place that supposed to be their home with classmates and teachers to guide them to the road for better future but in Iranian schools, they learn the future is not bright when teachers beat them for no reason, merely they get tortured in schools, emotionally and physical. Today is dark for them and tomorrow will be darker because teachers didn't build courage or integrity in their students, just the beat them. They discriminate students; they humiliate them and leave them with no dignity. Who would you look for principle and integrity among emotionally stressed and beaten students?!

Now these students are part of problem and there is no one to save them.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Iranian women watching soccer just in overseas

Well, before read this post I recommend to take a look at Stop Islamic Discrimination in Iran first and then continue here.

These ladies are watching soccer game between Iran and UAE in Dubai, United Arab Emirates while they are banned to watch soccer in stadiums in home, Iran.

Photo from Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Iranian students on hunger strike


 
This is Iranian student’s hunger strike against number of disciplinary decrees which banned couple of students from attending school for lengthy periods of time. This tough university decision came out after 5 university students protested in remembrance of Islamic Iran's mass execution of 1988 in prisons, while a right-wing professor had a speech in university.

Students of Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology warned university directors to stop making false claim that "these students are connected to foreign dissident groups" and leave the student activists alone.

Hat tips Amirkabir Newsletter (Persian language website)



Photos courtesy of Amirkabir Newsletter

Monday, November 17, 2008

A short file about Universal Declaration of Human Rights

I know many Iranians don't know about their basic rights so Islamic regime do whatever they want and people just obey. If there were enough resources we could educate people about their rights then they wouldn't stay silent in front of unjust and injustice.


Defend Freedom of Expression in the UN

Islamic countries in the UN are trying to redefine Freedom of speech in the UN and in fact they are destroying the Declaration of Human Rights by re-introducing blasphemy prohibition to protect religious belief itself. Please check the video to get detail story:


Saturday, November 15, 2008

Islamic countries redefined Freedom of Expression in UN

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states have voted to restrict freedom of expression on the mandate of UN special Rapporteur on the "Freedom of Expression" and because OIC members control the council thus they redefined the mandate and limited the right.

And now the OIC amendment requires the production of reports - but on so-called abuses of the exercise of freedom of expression, which they claim constitute religious discrimination.


Enough is Enough

I'm afraid things are not too good for we lovers of freedom at the moment, not only has Pat Condell's video Welcome to Saudi Britain been banned by YouTube, but now it appears that Sherry Jones' book The Jewel of Medina has been put on permanent hold after the fire-bombing of the London offices of its publisher Gibson Square Books last week. It's owner, Martin Rynja has gone into hiding. The book was supposed to be out in on Oct 15th but now only its American publisher Beaufort Books will continue as planned to publish this novel on that date. Meanwhile Gibson Square's London office remains boarded up and Martin Rynja continues discussions with security forces on how he can avoid being killed for wanting to publish a book in the free world...