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ahmed shaheed, ethnicities, human rights, international mother language day, iran, mother tongue, un, unesco, ایران, احمد شهید, حقوق بشر, روزجهانی زبان, زبان مادری
21 February – International Mother Language Day
to speak and read in one’s mother language, to be educated in one’s mother tongue is part of one’s identity, of one’s personality, of one’s family, history, heritage and culture ..
Mother Language is a Human Right
as for Iran ALL these languages are mother languages:
- Persian
- Azerbaijani and Turkic dialects
- Kurdish
- Lurish
- Gilaki
- Mazandarani
- Balochi
- Arabic
- Turkmen
- Pashto
- Armenian
- Syriac
- Georgian
- Qashqai
- Brahui
- Raji,
- Minabi
- Lari
- Talysh
- Tatic
- Raji
What a huge loss for this country not to respect it’s diversity and multiplicity as prosperity, as treasure !! Instead Iran’s regime suppresses and defames this heritage.
United Nations on International Mother Language Day
21 February
Unesco : – Local languages for Global Citizenship: Spotlight on Science
Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran
International Mother Language Day: Lessons for Iran:
The international community today celebrates UNESCO International Mother Language Day. On this occasion UNESCO aims to raise awareness of the benefits of multilingual education, particularly in the early years of childhood development. Studies, research, and UNESCO reports demonstrate the importance of mother and local language instruction in building strong foundations for reading comprehension in national languages, and even increased performance in mathematics. For example, children taught in a local language in Cameroon scored twice as high on mathematics tests at the end of grade three.
Another dimension to this issue is that of diversity and cultural rights. The general conference of UNESCO has affirmed the indispensability of the rights of all persons to disseminate publications in the language(s) of their choice, particularly their mother tongue, for the sake of cultural diversity and for the full realization of rights enshrined in the UDHR and ICESCR.
The recognition by UN member states and UNESCO of the importance of mother tongue language education has unfortunately not translated to the inclusion of mother tongue curricula in many countries, including in Iran. While non-discrimination — including on the basis of ethnic or tribal origin — is enshrined in Iranian law, there are no official primary school curricula in local languages, such as Kurdish, Azeri-Turkish, or Arabic, and, as I mentioned in my 2012 report to the UNGA, dropout rates remain high in provinces like Khuzestan, where schools can not teach in Arabic, the mother tongue of most of the province’s inhabitants.
Encouragingly, Government officials in the Rouhani administration have recently made clear their desire to find ways to include mother tongue education in schools across Iran. It is my hope that the Government will continue to push for—and enact—such reforms, as Iran, as a truly multi-cultural nation, only stands to gain culturally, economically, and politically from extending such rights to minority populations.
On this 15th International Mother Language Day, let us celebrate all cultures and languages, and take steps to universally educate the next generation with an eye to preserving the beauty of our collective diversity.
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ulimuc said:
Iran : Arresting Waves on the eve of International Mother Language Day
http://oyannews.com/en/arresting-waves-on-the-eve-of-international-mother-language-day/
ulimuc said:
در آستانه روزجهانی زبان مادری پنجاه نفر بازداشت شدند
https://hra-news.org/fa/ethnic-minorities/%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%81
ulimuc said:
Tens of Azerbaijani civil activists arrested in Iran
http://en.trend.az/news/politics/2244683.html
ulimuc said:
بازداشت دهها نفر در اهر در آستانه روز جهانی زبان مادری
http://www.radiozamaneh.com/126061
ulimuc said:
اسامی 60 تن از بازداشت شدگان روز جهانی زبان مادری در اهر
http://oyannews.com/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-60-%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A8/
ulimuc said:
radiokoocheh
«بازداشت تعدادی از فعالین حقوق مدنی در آذربایجان»
http://radiokoocheh.com/article/237900