Iranian women's rights activists are fighting gender apartheid through the "One Million Signatures" campaign, which demands an end to discriminatory laws against women. At present, men have the sole right to divorce and except in special cases, the right to custody of children. One man's testimony equals that of two women. A man's worth is twice that of a woman in cases of murder or bodily injury. A daughter receives half a son's inheritance. And certain positions, such as that of a judge, are closed to women. The campaign aims to collect one million signatures in support of granting women equal legal status with men. It is a continuation of Iranian women's century-long struggle for gender equality. http://www.iranholocaustdenial.com/action/iranian-gender-apartheid.htm

Does Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speak for his people? No. Iran places serous sanctions on free speech, censoring their media and controlling what Iranians see and say on the Internet. Reporters Without Boarders reported that Iran has imprisoned more bloggers than any other country in the world. While in 2005, a study by the Open Net Initiative, a collaboration between the University of Toronto, Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford, found that the Iranian regime blocked 30% of news sites; 40% political descent; 15% blogs; and 98% of political sites.

Many discontented Iranians, fed up with state run media, have turned to the Internet as the only medium for free speech. According to the Guardian, in 2004 there were 75,000 Iranian blogs, making Farsi the fourth most popular bloging language. However, according to the Open Net Initiative report, the government blocks blogs on a case by case basis. The state counters political opposition by closing down media companies, taking away journalist's licences, and blocking national access to blogs that are 'against the revolutionary principles'.

As Iranian officials use free speech to justify spreading anti-Semitic hate propaganda, their government restricts its population's access to information, especially information by political criticshowever, you can help stop this. If you want to liberate the imprisoned voice of moderate Iran, then help promote Psiphon, a new application that can allow people in free countries to provide Iranians with safe access to information and the ability to speak out.

Psiphon is a human rights software project developed by Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies. It allows citizens in uncensored countries to provide unfettered access to the Internet through their home computers to friends and family members who live behind firewalls of states that censor.

By promoting this application among the Iranian community, by providing Internet access to Iranians, or by setting up a server, you can help liberate the diverse voice of Iran--and one that does not represent the racist opinions of their current government. Do what you can to promote this technology.

Visit the website, learn more, and spread the word: http://psiphon.civisec.org

Visit the campaign homepage: Iran Holocaust Denial

There is growing concern about web censorship and a tool has been created capable of circumventing government censorship of the web, according to researchers.

The free program has been constructed to let citizens of countries with restricted web access retrieve and display web pages from anywhere.

The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab software, called psiphon, will be released on 1 December.

Net censorship is a growing issue, and several countries have come under fire for blocking online access.

Read full BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6187486.stm