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Last Updated: March 22, 2006
US
Newswire Press Release: "Harvard Students Hold 'Iran Freedom Concert'"
"As tensions rise over nuclear issues, our diverse student coalition
wants to spotlight the human side of the Iran crisis," said co-organizer
Adam Scheuer, a senior and editor at the Harvard Middle East Review, one
of the event sponsors. "Iranian students are denied basic rights
Americans take advantage of every day. But there is a brave student movement
in Iran working for change, and we need to support them"...
Harvard
Crimson op-ed: "Support Reformers in Iran"
You may have been stressed out during finals, but at least you didnt
have to take your tests in handcuffs. Thats what Mojtaba Saminejad,
a student at Tehrans Azad University, had to do on Jan. 21. Saminejad
was sentenced to two years for nothing more than insulting the Supreme
Guide...
Boston
Globe: "Harvard Rallies for Students in Iran"
...The crowd cheered as co-emcee Jack McCambridge announced that Akbar
Ganji, an Iranian dissident who was imprisoned in 2000 for writing about
the killing of Iranian dissidents, was released yesterday...
Boston
Phoenix: "Rocking the Casbah for Iranian Freedom"
...A few months back, we told you about 127, Irans most popular
underground band. We mean underground, like, literally. Playing music
in a country where rock and roll is only semi-legal, theyre forced
to practice in a soundproof bunker on the outskirts of Tehran...
Boston
Herald: "Freedom is not just another word"
Heres an event that wouldnt get past the first few notes in
Tehran: the Iran Freedom Concert, Saturday at Harvard University...
Harvard
Crimson: "Students Rally for Iran Dissidents"
...Despite the diversity of political views of the speakers, the
concert organizers identified themselves as nonpartisan and declined to
comment on issues of military intervention. This event does not
come with an agenda, said co-emcee Jack P. McCambridge 06.
It is not for war. The aim is to recognize the fight going on in
Iran for human rights.
National
Review: "A Concert That Cannot be Held in Tehran"
It was an unusual coming together. Gathered under a large banner that
read Iran Freedom Concert were the leaders of the Harvard
Republicans and Democrats, the campus gay-rights advocacy group (BGLTSA),
and the conservative magazine (The Salient), among many others...
Harvard
Crimson editorial: "Towards A Free Iran"
...When student bodies speak as one, thats really where we
make our difference, said Undergraduate Council President John S.
Haddock 07, who also spoke at the event. Haddock is right. We commend
the concerts organizers on the execution of the event. Events such
as the Iran Freedom Concert are good for the Harvard campus...
Gay
City News: "Freedom Concerts for Iran"
A national nonpartisan coalition of students has scheduled a series
of Iran Freedom Concerts...
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Sandmonkey
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