| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Human rights in Iran/ Reza Afshari. |
| Reminder of title: |
the abuse of cultural relativism / |
| Author: |
Afshari, Reza. |
| Published: |
Philadelphia, Pa. :University of Pennsylvania Press, : c2001., |
| Description: |
xxiii, 359 p. ;24 cm. |
| Series: |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Islamic cultural relativism in human rights discourse -- The Shiite theocracy -- The right of life -- The right to freedom from torture -- The right to liberty and security of person and to freedom from arbitrary arrest -- The right to a fair trial -- The right to freedom of conscience, thought, and religion -- Renounce your conscience or face death: the prison massacre of 1988 -- The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion: Iranian religious minorities -- Official responses to the United Nations: countering the charges of violations in the 1980s -- Change of tactics after Ayatollah Khomeini's death -- The special representative's meeting with the judiciary and security officials -- The right to freedom of opinion, expression, and the press -- The most revealing cases of violations of the right to freedom of expression and the press -- The rights to participate in the political life of the country and to peaceful assembly and association -- The rights of women -- UN monitoring, 1984-2000: mixed results. |
| Subject: |
Human rights - Iran. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74735An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0585436177 (electronic bk.) |