Saghi Ghahraman, President of IRQO, and Hossein Alizadeh, IGLHRC’s Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator met with the director of RSD (Refugee Status Determination) of UNHCR – Geneva on Wednesday October 1st. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva serves as the Legislative Head Quarter for the United Nation’s High Commissioner for […]
This morning (Thursday October 30), Saghi Ghahraman, director of Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO), met with honourable John Baird, foreign minister of Canada, in a roundtable in Ottawa. The roundtable was held in honour of Dr. Ahmad Shahid, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the conditions of human rights in Iran. Ambassador Andrew Bennet of […]
Submitted By: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) www.iglhrc.org Iranian Queer Organization (IRQO) www.irqo.org Endorsed By: Arseh Sevom www.arsehsevom.net Iran Human Rights www.iranhr.net Santa Clara Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic law.scu.edu/ihrc Tonga Leitis’ Association (TLA) – Tonga www.tongaleitis.org Pacific Sexual Diversity Network (PSDN) – Tonga http://psdnetwork.org/ Download the report here: UPRSubmission
Contributed by: Hossein Alizadeh, Regional Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa, OutRight Action International On Friday, Oct. 31 the United Nations Hum Resource: OutRight an Rights Council will examine Iran’s human rights record in a process known as the Universal Periodic Review. Impact Iran, a coalition of human rights organizations, including OutRight Action International, […]
The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center translated Iran’s New Penal Code, Book One and Book Two that came into effect on 2013 in Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran Human Right Documentation Center (IHRDC) is an independent non-profit organization, founded in 2004 by human rights scholars and lawyers. The mission of the Center is to: • […]
Payam Feili confirmed, in a phone conversation with IRQO representative, that he has not given permission to Arsham Parsi from IRQR to mention his name in order to collect donations. He added that he has not gotten in touch to request help in any kind from IRQR and Arsham Parsi. Payam Feili also clarified that […]
Pride parade is held in Istanbul. As a matter of fact, this is the biggest Pride parade held in a country with a Muslim majority and also is the closest Pride parade to Iran. This parade first started in 2003 with the participation of 30 people and in 2013 nearly 100,000 people […]
Four days after hardliner website, Didban.ir published a piece accusing Gilgamishan publication and poet Payam Feili of spreading homosexuality, the website published the second part of its report, “exposing” a “conspiracy”. The article claims Israel is monitoring cultural cold war against Iran by promoting a “homosexual trend” in Farsi literature. The website also mentions peace […]
On June 8th, 2014, “Dana”, a hardliner website, affiliated with the more extreme elements of the Iranian Islamic government released an editorial, warning about the production of LGBT themed literature and the fact that some of the stories and poems are done inside Iran and published in Canada and Germany. The story contained screenshots of […]
Iranian Queer Organization has unveiled a new system in facilitating LGBT refugees cases. This system is used in communications with asylum seekers to whom it provides council. Prior to the unveiling of the “IRQO Asylum Advocacy System”, asylum seekers and refugees would have to contact an IRQO agent and make appointments to inquire about the status […]
