Iran
Six Ways Canada Can Help the Iranian People
June 4, 2013Iran’s presidential election is set to take place on June 14. Yet, with candidates hand-selected for their loyalty to Iran’s Supreme Leader and the Revolutionary Guards, the press muzzled by the imprisonment of independent journalists, and the leaders of Iranian civil society in detention, this election will be neither free nor fair. More »
International Terrorists Must Be Prosecuted, Not Placated
June 4, 2013This June – in sham elections that are certain to be neither free nor fair – eight presidential candidates who have all been authorized to run by the Guardian Council of Iran will “contend” for the office currently held by the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More »
Canadian MPs Decry Iran Human Rights Violations
June 4, 2013Canada’s Parliament hosted Iran Accountability Week last week, documenting the Islamic Republic’s human rights violations, particularly its clerical leadership’s use of domestic and international terrorism to stymie dissent. Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister and current Liberal MP, spearheaded the week of events in Ottawa. He and his fellow parliamentarians from a broad range of parties in the House of Commons condemned the assault on the human rights of the Iranian people. More »
House Statement Concluding Iran Accountability Week
June 4, 2013Mr. Speaker, on Monday parliamentarians launched Iran accountability week with Iranian Political Prisoner Global Advocacy Project, pairing parliamentarians with Iranian political prisoners on whose behalf we began our advocacy this week. More »
