The second issue of the May 18 Glocal Issue Monitoring Report, which seeks active cooperation and response to international democracy and human rights issues, has been published.

The second issue of the report commemorates Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers Trade Associations (CCITTA) winning the 2023 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Special Prize and contains the current status of Iran.

Professor Nader Hashemi, a scholar who has consistently written about democracy and human rights about the Middle East and Islam, wrote a report titled 「Women, Life, Freedom: A Human Rights Report on the Islamic Republic of Iran」, highlighting the recent protests in Iran.

May 18 Glocal Issue Monitoring Report Vol. 2 | Women, Life, Freedom: A Human Rights Report on the Islamic Republic of Iran

Table of Contents

I. Overview

II. Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Causes of the Revolt

III. Body

3. Authoritarianism is the Problem, Not Islam

4. The Talibanization of Iran under a New President

5. State Response

III. Conclusion

6. Recommendations and Conclusions

May 18 Glocal Issue Monitoring Report Vol. 2

Publisher The May 18 Glocal Center, the May 18 Foundation

Date of the Publication August 28, 2023.

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