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Editorial
Editor’s Note
Over the recent months alongside the usual human rights issues, the
world has also faced two different issues. One, is the unprecedented
violence in the Middle East which includes the expansion of the ISIS
or IS terror group in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, who commit
the most heinous of crimes, and the crisis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia
launching an attack against the country which has resulted in a human
crisis, and all these have caused many challenges for the world, such as
the refugees crisis.
The other one is the nuclear agreement between Iran and the west
which affects varius aspects of human rights. It can even be viewed from
the perspective that this agreement is a complete human rights agreement
because the diplomacy and peace option replaced the threat of war and
bloodshed. As a human rights advocate nongovernmental organization,
the ODVV expresses its deepest concern over the grave violation of
human rights via wars and conflict and by dedicating some parts to
human rights violations in different countries, Defenders Newsletter tries
to draw the attention of countries and the United Nations to the extensive
evil dimension of these violations, and take responsibility.
As mentioned above, the nuclear agreement turned the war dialogue to
peace and affected various aspects of human rights. This perspective can
be seen in an article in this issue of Defenders.
The new face of refugee has emerged in the world as a result of the
conflict and violence in the region’s countries, also needs contemplating,
and in this issue we have article with images on this serious crisis.
The advancement of women in today’s world is an assessment of the
observation of human rights and development of a country. For this reason
in this issue Defenders there is a report and an interview on the subject of
women’s situation in Iran. “This is Iran” is a collective of colour pictures
and captions which introduces Ira.
A review of the ODVV activities , a look at the role of NGOs in the
UPR process, and an article on Islamic countries regarding globalization
is another part of this issue of Defenders.
Our colleagues in Defenders hope that the avoiding of damages such
as politicization and media propaganda and presentation of a real picture
of human rights, can result in taking more sturdy steps towards human
rights in the world.