- 17 March 2011
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- Congress, Human Rights in Iran
Watch: Answering the Iranian People’s Call for Human Rights
17 March 2011 Posted By Todd Ruffner
On March 15, NIAC hosted a conference, Answering the Iranian People’s Call for Human Rights, featuring US and Swedish government officials, human rights experts, and Iran specialists. The conference, which was held in the US Senate, was convened to discuss productive approaches to supporting human rights in Iran, including efforts now underway at the UN Human Rights Council to establish a human rights monitor on Iran.
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Suzanne Nossel, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCmsGTESrp4]
Jonas Hafström, Swedish Ambassador to the U.S.
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Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), House Progressive Caucus Co-Chairman
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQyT_HS2LCE]
Nazila Fathi, former Tehran-based New York Times correspondent
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Nader Hashemi, co-editor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future
Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch
Alireza Nader, RAND Corporation
One Response to “Watch: Answering the Iranian People’s Call for Human Rights”
I think what you meant by “the Iranian people’s call” is really the Iranian expat people’s call., because judging by recent public opinion polls taken of Iranians inside Iran, they support their government’s crackdown on demonstrators and restrictions on certain civil liberties (based on concerns over national security and political integrity) by a margin of 3:1.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/65872019/Iran-Public-Opinion-2010http://www.docstoc.com/docs/65872019/Iran-Public-Opinion-2010
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brmiddleeastnafricara/652.php?lb=brme&pnt=652&nid=&id=
Unless of course, we’re advocating on behalf of a 20% minority against the 60% majority, when referring to “the Iranian people’s call,” which is fine as long as we’re honest about it.