Nobel Women's Initiative

Meet Bahareh Hedayat. She is one of the over 2,500 prisoners of conscience currently being detained by the Iranian government.

This Saturday, June 12 marks the one-year anniversary of the fraudulent elections in Iran that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. Since that day, the Iranian regime has taken drastic measures to silence every act of political opposition with violent crackdowns and gross human rights violations.

This June 12 millions of people will gather around the world to draw international attention to the brutality of the Iranian government and the plight of Iranian women's and human rights activists, journalists and peaceful demonstrators. A global day of action organized by United4Iran will highlight the year of violence and repression and draw attention to the thousands of prisoners of conscience currently detained in Iran.

Over 80 cities will hold events and advocate for their "adopted" prisoner of conscience. Thousands more will take online action at 12june.org and FIDH's website.

LEARN MORE

Read the the full profiles of Bahareh Hedayat and other prisoners of conscience at June12.org.

Learn more about the One Million Signatures Campaign.

Tehran braces for protests a year after vote, The Wall Street Journal, 10 June 2010.

Iran election anniversary protests face severe crackdown, The Guardian, 9 June 2010.

TAKE ACTION

Join United4Iran's global day of action by participating in the online campaign or attending a local event.

Sign FIDH and Reporters Without Borders' petition calling for the release of all prisoners of conscience in Iran.