Iranian Queer Organization – IRQO voluntarily dissolved the organization on March 2019, and received confirmation letters from the Ministry of Government Services on July 2019. IRQO’s official website will not be updated after today but the many great articles and essays on LGBTQ topics currently on the website will remain on for another 3 years. […]
Monday, 12 November 2018 TO: All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York Your Excellencies, The undersigned national, regional and international civil society organizations urge your government to support resolution A/C.3/73/L.42 on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has been presented to the Third […]
It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Ms. Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran. She passed away on February 11, 2018, and defenders of human rights, particularly those in Iran, mourn her death. Iranian society lost one of the most vocal champions of its rights, […]
Alireza and Kiran are struggling to survive in Turkey after Canada halted their resettlement to prioritize Syrian refugees By Dylan C Robertson Apr 13, 2017, 5:13 PM EDT Resource: dailyxtra.com Alireza and Kiran eat one meal a day. Since the gay refugee couple arrived in Turkey in November 2014, they’ve struggled to find paid […]
A senior official says referrals from queer Iranians decreased to prioritize Syrian refugees By Dylan C Robertson Mar 02, 2017, 5:48 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.com“We have a refugee policy that is first and foremost informed by vulnerability,” Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says about Canada choice to prioritize Syrian refugees. Credit: ahussen.liberal.ca Canada’s federal immigration department […]
Amirhossein Zolghadri chose to file a refugee claim instead of hiring a smuggler. Now, he’s trapped in Turkey By Dylan C Robertson Feb 15, 2017, 1:18 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.comAmirhossein Zolghadri is stuck in Turkey after Canada suspended his application, in order to prioritize Syrian refugees. After applying for resettlement in the US, his application […]
MPs concerned about stagnating refugee arrivals amid Trump’s executive order By Dylan C Robertson Feb 09, 2017, 3:44 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.com A parliamentary committee could soon probe why Canada suddenly started turning away LGBT Iranians seeking asylum, Xtra has learned. The move comes as members of Parliament express confusion over why a famed […]
Canadian government has stopped accepting LGBT Iranian refugees to prioritize Syrian refugees By Dylan C Robertson Feb 03, 2017, 7:44 PM EST Resource: dailyxtra.com Mitra’s sanctuary is a mouldy basement in Turkey’s conservative heartland. The microbiology student’s life in northern Iran came crashing down in the summer of 2014, when she was outed as a […]
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