| November 8, 2022 |  |
Salman Rushdie and the Women’s Revolution in Iran are Linked, NSS Blog, 8 November 2022 Salman Rushdie and the Women’s Revolution in Iran are Linked, NSS Blog, 8 November 2022 By Maryam Namazie There is a direct link between the threats and violence faced by Salman Rushdie and that faced by generations of women and men in Iran, says Maryam Namazie.. Salman Rushdie’s agent has confirmed that the courageous writer has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after a brutal attack whilst he was preparing to speak at an event on asylum for writers. The attack in New York state on August 12th has been a stark reminder that even decades after... Filed as: Press Releases |
| November 3, 2022 |  |
Cheers to Iranian Women, A New Film by Pune Parsafar ‘Cheers To Iranian Women’ by Pune Parsafar, dedicated to brave #women of #Iran. Has interviews with activists with Farideh Arman, Shahla Daneshfar, Shiva Mahbobi, Mina Ahadi, Mersedeh Ghaedi & Maryam Namazie This is a clip from Maryam Namazie’s interview: See full film on Vimeo: به سلامتی زنان ایر فیلم پونه پارسافر تقدیم به #زنان دلیر #ایران. با فریده آرمان، شهلا دانشفر، شیوا محبوبی، مینا احدی، مرسده قائدی و مریم نمازی مصاحبه کرده است. این بخش مصاحبه من است در فیلم. کل‌فیلم‌را اینجا ببینید #MahsaAmini #womansrevolution #IranProtests2022 #IranRevolution2022 #NationalStrike #OpIran #WomanLifeFreedom #ایران #مهسا_امینی #انقلاب_زنانه #اعتصابات_سراسری #زن_زندگی_آزادی Filed as: Featured, Homepage, Press Releases |
| October 29, 2022 |  |
Defend your women’s revolution in Iran See Maryam Namazie’s speech at FiLiA, Europe’s largest feminist conference, on #Iran’s #womensrevolution This is your revolution! Defend it Defend it Defend it Also with new song by @shelleysegal cover of Shervin Hajipour Baraye سخنرانی مریم نمازی در فیلیا، بزرگترین کنفرانس فمینیست اروپا در مورد انقلاب زنانه در ایران این انقلاب شماست. ازش دفاع کنید! دفاع کنید! دفاع کنید! Video editing by @fariborzpooya #MahsaAmini #womansrevolution #IranProtests2022 #IranRevolution2022 #NationalStrike #OpIran #WomanLifeFreedom #ایران #مهسا_امینی #انقلاب_زنانه #اعتصابات_سراسری #زن_زندگی_آزادی Filed as: Featured, Homepage, Press Releases |
| October 6, 2022 |  |
Maryam Namazie on Iran’s women’s revolution, Talk TV, 6 October 2022 Maryam Namazie on Iran’s women’s revolution, Talk TV, 6 October 2022 Filed as: Media Coverage, Press Releases |
| September 27, 2022 |  |
Join 1 October protest in London’s Trafalgar Square in solidarity with women’s revolution in Iran 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran from Saqez, Iranian Kurdistan when she was arrested on 13 September for ‘improper’ veiling by the morality police. She was badly beaten according to eyewitnesses, arriving brain-dead at the hospital. She died in intensive care on 16 September. Outrage over her murder has sparked unprecedented protests across Iran. The slogans of these protests include: ‘Down with Dictator,’ We don’t want an Islamic government,’ ‘We don’t want an anti-women government.’ The main slogan of the protests: ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ with women taking the lead, removing and burning their veils, united with men against the Islamic... Filed as: Press Releases |
| September 22, 2022 |  |
Widespread protests for Mahsa Amini killed in Iran for ‘improper’ hijab 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini was visiting Tehran from Saqez, Iranian Kurdistan when she was arrested on 13 September for ‘improper’ veiling by the morality police. She was badly beaten according to eyewitnesses, her skull fractured. She was taken to Kasra hospital in a coma and died in intensive care on 16 September. Outrage over her murder has sparked a new round of protests that have spread across Iran. The slogan of these protests include: ‘Down with Dictator,’ We don’t want an Islamic government,’ ‘We don’t want an anti-women government.’ The main slogan speaks volumes: ‘Woman, Life, Freedom.’ Women leading the... Filed as: Featured, Homepage, Press Releases |
| September 13, 2022 |  |
Protest for Iranian Lesbians on death row met with Allah-u-Akbar in Cologne Please sign a petition to help save the two women. Protesters in Cologne, Germany, were met with aggressive heckling by a group of young Muslims on September 10. A video posted by Maryam Namazie, a London-based Iranian writer and activist, showed the counter-protesters shouting “Allahu Akbar.” Namazie and her groups protested against Iran, sentencing LGBTQ activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Chobdar to death. According to Iran’s Urmia Revolutionary Court, the two were charged with “Corruption on Earth.” They were found guilty of promoting homosexuality which caused outrage in the international LGBTQ and human rights organizations. In an interview with the Atheist Republic... Filed as: Featured, Homepage, Press Releases |
| September 12, 2022 |  |
IBKA awards Maryam Namazie its Sapio Award IBKA, the International League of Non-Religious and Atheists, awarded CEMB Spokesperson Maryam Namazie the Sapio Prize for outstanding merits in advocating freethought, separation of state and church, and rational thinking in Cologne, Germany on 10 September 2022. Maryam Namazie shared the award with Mina Ahadi and Arzu Toker who started the first Council of Ex-Muslims in Germany and other organisations in Ex-Muslims International. She dedicated the award to Islam’s Non Believers. Rene Hartmann, IBKA Spokesperson opened the award ceremony The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain aims to give a voice to people who have turned away from Islam. It campaigns... Filed as: Featured, Homepage, Press Releases |
| September 3, 2022 |  |
Maryam Namazie’s Opening Speech at #CelebratingDissent2022 Maryam Namazie’s Opening Speech at #CelebratingDissent2022 سخنرانی افتتاحیه مریم نمازی در کنفرانس بین‌المللی تجلیل از ناهم اندیشی Maryam Namazie’s opening speech at #CelebratingDissent2022 calls the #exMuslim movement the new civil rights movement and says: #SalmanRushdie not the first nor the last attacked by #Iran & #Islamists. But as Chilean poet Pablo Neruda said, ‘You can cut all the flowers but you cannot stop the Spring’. See text in Persian and English Below. ENGLISH Hello Apostates, Blasphemers, Heretics and Freethinkers. It is good to see you, especially since Covid and so soon after the violent attack on our courageous Salman Rushdie.... Filed as: Featured, Homepage, Press Releases |
| August 31, 2022 |  |
CD2022: Resolutions and Declarations in support of Salman Rushdie, Ending Code 166, International Secularism Day and Celebrating Dissent Celebrating Dissent 2022 adopted resolutions in defence of Salman Rushdie, for an end to Germany’s Code 166 and for an International Day of Secularism or Laïcité. IN DEFENSE OF SALMAN RUSHDIE Celebrating Dissent 2022 condemns the violent attack on Salman Rushdie and stands in unequivocal solidarity with the brave writer. We are pleased to finally see support for Rushdie, rather than the usual vilification and victim blaming that comes after freethinkers are targeted by the Islamist movement. Whilst the attacker’s motives have not yet been revealed, his allegiance to the Islamic regime in Iran clearly links the attack to Khomeini’s... Filed as: Press Releases, Resources |