Hello, I know it has been awhile and school has been keeping me busy of late.
However, I have decided to blog about Human Rights in Iran today. I have tried to post the link, but I believe I have forces working against me because I got the article from Tehran Times. You can look it up there if you do not believe me.
Director Ahmed Shaheed spoke with a UN reporter and claimed that law, in regards to Human Rights, needs to be reform and that many people do not agree with him at all in Parliament. I believe that is true because the people who are in office are very conservative especially when it comes to Islam and committing sins.
Ahmed Shaheed believes that the law needs to be reform in regards to drug trafficking and if you commit that crime you get sentenced to death and 74% of the executions occur over that. He believes that it is not a serious crime for death and that is true.
However, he does not deny torture being used in prisons nor does it seem that he is going to change the use of torture. He claims that it is a crime to use torture in the jails yet I do not see any arrests happening. If it is truly un-Islamic to use torture then they are violating the Qur'an themselves.
Lastly, they claim that the internet is free and that Iranians can use the internet freely. However, if you look on the Green Voice of Freedom you will see bloggers and other people using media getting arrested for voicing concerns about the regime in power. They are not allowed to speak out against their government especially in regards to the injustices in the country. Director Shaheed says they should have the right to speak out, but we all know that is going to be a longtime before that occurs. On the other hand , he says the internet is censored to protect Islamic Culture so that they do not see anything or do anything that will force them to commit sin. I guess it is a sin to voice opposition to the government in charge.
