The Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran; ICHRI) is an American
non-government organization that aims to promote
human rights in Iran.
The group started in late 2007 when several human rights activists working for the
Dutch non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
'Foundation for Human Security in the Middle East' wished to focus on the situation in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
[About the campaigniranhumanrights.org]
Accessed June 19, 2009.
Background
Hadi Ghaemi is the executive director (). He graduated from
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
in 1994 and then taught
physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...
at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
until 2000. He has worked for human rights since and, in 2003, received a
research grant
A grant is a fund given by an end entity grant – often a public body, charitable foundation, or a specialised grant-making institution – to an individual or another entity (usually, a non-profit organisation, sometimes a business or a local ...
from the
MacArthur Foundation.
Hadi Ghaemi
Iran Human Rights Voice
. Published April 1, 2009. Accessed June 18, 2009.
In October 2015, actor and activist Nazanin Boniadi
Nazanin Boniadi (; fa, نازنین بنیادی, ; born 22 May 1980) is an Iranian-British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as ...
joined the Board of Directors of the Center for Human Rights in Iran.
See also
*Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The state of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been criticized by Iranians and international human rights activists, by writers, and NGOs. The United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Commission
Endnotes
External links
Main website
Civil liberties advocacy groups in the United States
Civil rights and liberties
Human rights in Iran
Organizations established in 2007
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