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Important Notice:
The Board of Directors of the Iranian
Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR) is pleased to announce the
organization's federal incorporation as a non-profit group according to
Canadian law. (Click
Here) This structure helps support the long-time work of our
organization's founder and current Executive Director, Arsham Parsi.
This represents a continuation of Arsham's previous work with the IRanian
Queer Organization (IRQO) but with a greater focus on supporting Iranian
queer refugees in their safe journey towards a life of freedom from
discrimination and persecution.
Our organization's name is inspired by the "Underground Railroad" that
existed more than a century ago. The Underground Railroad was an informal
network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves
in the United States to escape to free states and mainly to Canada with
the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause. In Canada,
they found freedom.
The Board of Directors wishes to acknowledge and publicly thank Ottawa
lawyer Philip MacAdam for his significant support in the incorporation
process.
Biographies of IRQR Board Members and Executive Director can be found
here To make a donation to support our
work, please click here. If you have any
questions, do not hesitate to send an email to
info@irqr.net.
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You
Are Invited for IRQR Fundraising Event in Ottawa
Join
us for a fundraising brunch on Saturday, February 27th from 10:30 until
13:00 in Ottawa City Hall Cologne By Room. Our hot is Councillor Clive
Doucet, Capital Ward, City of Ottawa.
Learn more about how Canadians are helping queers in Iran find freedom
from persecution and safe haven to be who they are. Performance by
Ottawa’s GLBT mixed choral ensemble “Tone Cluster — quite a queer choir”
please see our flyer.
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Naser
rejected asylum by Finnish Government (February 3, 09)
Naser fled Iran
because he feared for his life. As an Iranian queer, Naser was left no
choice but to leave his family and whole life behind. In Iran, he was
obligated to marry, but when he did, his ex-wife found out about his past
relationship with another man. After finding out his sexual orientation,
Naser was reported to the authorities and was tried for his sexual
orientation.
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 Five
Human Rights Groups Launch Worldwide '346 No Execution' Campaign (January
28, 10)
Today, five human
rights advocacy groups in five Western nations announced the official
launching of the 346 No Executions campaign, a coordinated worldwide
effort to inspire at least 346 citizens in each member nation
to submit letters
of petition to their respective foreign ministries, specifically
requesting that diplomatic pressure be applied to the government of Iran
to abolish its death penalty.
پنج
سازمان حقوق بشری کمپین جهانی "346 نه به اعدام" را راه اندازی کردند
پنج سازمان مدافع
حقوق بشر شروع به کار کمپین "346 نه به اعدام" در پنج کشور غربی را رسماً
اعلام کردند. این حرکتی هماهنگ برای تشویق دست کم 346 شهروند از کشورهای عضو
برای نوشتن نامه به وزارت امور خارجه ی کشور مطبوع خود است.
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Be Very Careful in
Arranging Meetings (January 26, 10)
This is a message
from the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees and from the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. We have
been receiving reports from Iran that police, basij, and Revolutionary
Guards may be working undercover on Manjam dot com and other sites.
کاملا مراقب
قرارهای اینترنتی خود باشید (26 ژانویه 2010)
این پیغام از طرف
سازمان دگرباشان ایرانی (IRQR) و بخش دگرباشان سازمان دیده بان حقوق بشر
(HRW) تهیه و منتشر شده است. ما گزارش هایی دریافت کرده این که پلیس، بسیج و
نیروهای امنیتی به صورت
مخفیانه سایت منجم
دات کام و دیگر سایت های مشابه را تحت نظر قرار دارند.
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 2010 New Year
Resolution (December 30,
09)
In these last few days of 2009, I write to thank you all for what you
have done for us here at Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees (IRQR). I
want to thank you for your support, your generosity, your activism, your
spirit – and for your courage, which is the fuel of change.
IRQR is working on about 250 Iranian refugee cases now. In the last
twelve months 36 of our asylum applicants have been recognized as
refugees, with 43 of them resettled in Canada, the United States,
Germany and the Netherlands. We received 32 new cases in 2009.
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Media
Coverage of Iran's President on homosexuality in Iran
CNN, BBC World, BBC Persian,
BBCBrasil, New York Sun, Iran Emrooz, ABC
Radio Australia, Fox News, National Public Radio, SBT TV
Brazile, KGO Radio San Francesco, Voice of America, New York
Public Radio, Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Welle, E-Jovem,
Xtra Magazine, Radio Zamaneh, Global and Mail, and ...
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Queers Do Exist in Iran and need your support
At present, to give you and example, in a small two-bedroom
apartment, few of our refugees live in terror as the landlord
has sold the building. To move to another apartment a
considerable amount of money is needed for down payments, as
it is the way for renting flats in Turkey.
    
(a
Refugee house in Turkey and Afghanistan)
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