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Iran: Surge of secret executions for drug offences must end ADAPP condemns the Iranian authorities for the execution of five Azerbaijanis based on confessions obtained under torture Azerbaijani activists given jail term Environmental protests 'against God' says judiciary official Azerbaijani minority members detained in Iran New School Year in Iran: Mother Tongues Are Still Absent ADAPP appeals to international community to assist with fight for the preservation of Lake Urmia, Azerbaijan, Iran HRW: Iran: Allow Peaceful Protests Over Lake’s Destruction

Iran: Surge of secret executions for drug offences must end

Amnesty International 15 December 2011 Mohammad Jangali, a 38 year old trainee truck driver from the Kouresunni minority - a small community of Sunnis from the mainly

ADAPP condemns the Iranian authorities for the execution of five Azerbaijanis based on confessions obtained under torture

Five Iranian Azerbaijanis,  Jamal Shaikhzade, Farhad Islamdust, Muhammad Jangali, Dehqan Salamat and Riza Alipour were executed on 10 October, the World Day Against the Death

Azerbaijani activists given jail term

Fifteen Iranian Azerbaijani activists in Azerbaijan province have been sentenced to four months in prison plus a 20-month suspended jail term. The Association for the Defence of

Environmental protests 'against God' says judiciary official

An official in Iran’s judiciary has said that environmental protests against the drying up of Iran’s Lake Urmia were a form of protest against God. According

Azerbaijani minority members detained in Iran

UA: 289/11 Index: MDE 13/082/2011 Iran Date: 23 September 2011 URGENT ACTION Azerbaijani minority members DETAINED in Iran Twenty-nine people, including Abdollah Sadoughi , a member of

New School Year in Iran: Mother Tongues Are Still Absent

Public Statement: Association for Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP) September 26, 2011   Schools in Iran started on September 23rd.  Azerbaijani children, however, are still barred

ADAPP appeals to international community to assist with fight for the preservation of Lake Urmia, Azerbaijan, Iran

OverviewThe Association for Defence of Azerbaijani Political Prisoners in Iran (ADAPP) is appealing to the international community, including bodies of the United Nations, to assist

HRW: Iran: Allow Peaceful Protests Over Lake’s Destruction

September 10, 2011 Hundreds Arrested in Azerbaijan Region (New York) – Iranian authorities should allow peaceful protests against government policies that may be accelerating the drying

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Struggling for Words [Language Rights]
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Friday, 11 March 2011 21:23


Amnesty International: Iranian Azerbaijanis are leading the struggle for language rights

For years, some of Iran’s ethnic minorities – Arabs, Azerbaijanis, Baluch, Kurds and Turkmen – have not been permitted to study in their own languages in public schools and universities, where only Persian is allowed, or to establish their own schools. Iranian Azerbaijanis, Iran’s largest minority, are leading the struggle for the right to educate children in their mother tongue. Many activists have been detained, imprisoned, tortured and harassed by the Iranian government. Here are the stories of Iranian Azerbaijanis, in their own words.

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