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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From John Lampert:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Sunday, May 2, 5:00PM to
7:00PM, the Iranian Human Rights Forum at MIT will be presenting a program:
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Program Speaker: Shahriar Mandanipour, author of <STRONG>"Censoring an Iranian
Love Story"</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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(claimed by NPR as the Best Debut Fiction of 2009)</FONT></DIV>
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56-114 (Building 56, 1st Floor, Room 114)</FONT></DIV>
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Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial> (Map:
http:/whereis.mit.edu/? mapterms=56</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Iran's
2009 presidential election, took place against a backdrop of
discrimination, worsening</FONT></DIV>
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repression of dissent and violent unrest. Amnesty International continues
to document serious human rights violations including detention of human rights
defenders and other prisoners of conscience, unfair trials, torture and
mistreatment in detention, deaths in custody and the application of the death
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> To increase
public awareness of the gravity of Human Rights situation in Iran, Amnesty
International & BIC are sponsoring a series of lectures & films on
the first Sunday of the month starting from May, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.
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