Twitter Campaign for Detained Kuwaiti Activist

Tue Sep 25 2012
Abdul Aziz Bo Homaid was summoned for questioning by Kuwaiti authorities on September 19, 2012, one day after participating in an anti-government demonstration.  He is currently detained at the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations. An officer whom Bo Homaid argued with at the demonstration filed a complaint the following day accusing Bo Homaid of offending the authorities. Bo...

Ahmadinejad’s Final Visit: New Video Highlights Eight Years of Deception

Mon Sep 24 2012
As Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York for his last official visit to the United Nations, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has released a short video demonstrating and highlighting systematic cover-ups accompanying the marked rise in human rights violations over the eight years of his presidency. “Every time Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes to New York, the...

Syrian Minority Group to Fight Assad

Fri Sep 21 2012
Online activists have just released video evidence of the existence of Christian battalions in the free Syrian army. In the video, soldiers disguised by ski masks are standing in front of both the Syrian revolution flag and crucifixes. Activist have commented on this video since its release:   كتيبة أنصار الله المسيحية تنضم إلى الثوار ، وبدا...

AHR Board Member Asks UN to Ban Iranian President

Fri Sep 21 2012
The following excerpt was originally published on September 21, 2012 by the Toronto Sun under the title, "Liberal MP asks UN to ban Iranian prez." To access the full article, please click here. OTTAWA - Well-regarded international human rights lawyer and Liberal MP Irwin Cotler says enough is enough when it comes to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Fed up that the United...

Egyptian Blogger Arrested: Alber Saber

Thu Sep 20 2012
Alber Saber, an Egyptian Christian born in 1985, was arrested on September 16 for his connection to a Facebook page called “Egyptian Atheists”. According to masrawy.com, one of Alber’s Muslim friends discovered that Alber was an online administrator of the controversial atheist group. The facebook page contained a link to The Innocence of Muslims, an amateur production that recently...