Description
Book SynopsisReza Afshari reveals Iran's attempt to hide human rights abuses by labeling oppression as an authentic cultural practice.
Trade Review"The most exhaustive treatment of the record of human rights in postrevolutionary Iran. . . . This well-written and copiously researched volume will remain the standard work for years to come." *
Choice *
"Using a vast array of government documents, newspapers, journals, memoirs of political prisoners, and reports issued by the Special Representative appointed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), Reza Afshari provides a rich, sensitive, and very sympathetic presentation of the experiences and voices of victims of human-rights violations in Iran." *
International Journal of Middle East Studies *
"This book's powerful synthesis of data, narrative, and theory provides an important resource for those engaged in the study and furtherance of human rights." *
Harvard Law Review *
Table of ContentsA Note on Transliteration
Preface
Human Rights Discourse
Main Sources Used in This Book
UN Reports
Prison Memoirs and Their Significance
The Structure of the Book
Ch. 1. Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse
Ch. 2. The Shiite Theocracy
Ch. 3. The Right to Life
Ch. 4. The Right to Freedom from Torture
Ch. 5. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest
Ch. 6. The Right to a Fair Trial
Ch. 7. The Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Religion
Ch. 8. Renounce Your Conscience or Face Death: The Prison Massacre of 1988
Ch. 9. The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion: Iranian Religious Minorities
Ch. 10. Official Responses to the United Nations: Countering the Charges of Violations in the 1980s
Ch. 11. Change of Tactics After Ayatollah Khomeini's Death
Ch. 12. The Special Representative's Meetings with the Judiciary and Security Officials
Ch. 13. The Right to Freedom of Opinion, Expression, and the Press
Ch. 14. The Most Revealing Cases of Violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Press
Ch. 15. The Rights to Participate in the Political Life of the Country and to Peaceful Assembly and Association
Ch. 16. The Rights of Women
Ch. 17. UN Monitoring, 1984-2000: Mixed Results
Conclusion
Afterword
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
