Iran hanged up to 30 people this past July and August during a widely reported suppression of efforts to establish a more democratic society. Many of these executions were carried out in public view, a violation of the international covenant of civil and political rights to which Iran is a party.
“It’s too bad that the leadership of Columbia University hasn’t learned the lesson...[that] America honors freedom of expression by being a refuge for the oppressed, not by giving a soapbox to the oppressors.” —Newt Gingrich