Protest in Berlin at Pariser Platz on September 23, 2022, over the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini. Many women cut their hair in Berlin as a sign of protest and…
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By HRDIDecember 8, 2022Posted inArticles
Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of early December 2022. Amini…
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By HRDIDecember 5, 2022Posted inArticles
“All should live together in harmony, supporting one another, like the spokes of the wheel”. — Atharva Veda “There are things we never want to let go. But keep in…
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By HRDIDecember 2, 2022Posted inArticles
Protection of minorities is the hallmark of a civilisation. Lord Acton added another dimension to this when he said: “The most certain test by which we judge whether a country…
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By HRDIDecember 1, 2022Posted inArticles
On August 5, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s ruling party, controversially stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hindu-nationalist BJP…
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By HRDINovember 30, 2022Posted inArticles
With the overthrow of the Shah’s regime in the 1979 revolution in Iran, the people of Iran, especially the Iranian women, sought to enjoy their human rights and freedoms to…
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Women have been the main target of the Iranian regime — now they’re leading the revolution to bring it down Brave Iranian women, supported by a generation of young men,…
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By HRDINovember 29, 2022Posted inArticles
What Does It Mean To Be Stateless? A stateless person is someone who, under national laws, does not enjoy citizenship – the legal bond between a government and an individual…