Human Rights Abuses in Iran
The New York Times has a post up on a database compiled by two sisters - the Boroumands - which attempts to detail the horrific human rights abuses that have occurred in Iran since the fall of the Shah in 1979.
This is incredible and noble work. Here's some sad examples of cases they are trying to document:
The sisters, who were attending school in France in 1979, were apparently hopeful with the fall of the Shah only then to become disillusioned by the atrocities being committed by the new Islamic government.
We should not forget what happened in Iran - a change in government does not necessarily mean an end to human rights abuses and, therefore, regime change is not sufficient simply because a bad regime is replaced with some other regime. The goal must be the end of human rights abuses period.
This is incredible and noble work. Here's some sad examples of cases they are trying to document:
Ali was a 17-year-old killed after allegedly sympathizing with Iranian opposition groups. Ozra, a married woman, was killed after a charge of adultery. And Bahram, age 50, was executed for being a member of the Baha'i faith.
The sisters, who were attending school in France in 1979, were apparently hopeful with the fall of the Shah only then to become disillusioned by the atrocities being committed by the new Islamic government.
We should not forget what happened in Iran - a change in government does not necessarily mean an end to human rights abuses and, therefore, regime change is not sufficient simply because a bad regime is replaced with some other regime. The goal must be the end of human rights abuses period.
posted by Macswain at
1:17 PM
2 Comments:
what assurances do we have that a
Shiite government in Iraq will be any more enlightended in this regard than that in Iran?
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Anonymous, at 11:22 AM
macswain:
let's get back to alito.
from today's nyt:
"There is every reason to believe, based on his long paper trail and the evasive answers he gave at his hearings, that Judge Alito would quickly vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. So it is hard to see how Senators Lincoln Chaffee, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, all Republicans, could square support for Judge Alito with their commitment to abortion rights."
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