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Afshin Ellian (Tehran, Iran, 27 February 1966) is a Dutch professor of law, philosopher, and poet. He's an expert in International criminal law. Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran The towering Alborz mountains rising above modern Elahiyeh district and its green neighborhoods. ...
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Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of common law that punishes criminals for committing offences against the state. ...
In 1989 he came to the Netherlands as a political refugee. Having experienced first-hand the totalitarian Islamist regime of Iran he writes often about how such issues are affecting the world and the Netherlands in particular. Due to threats on his life tied to such criticism, Ellian is currently heavily guarded. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Ellian grew up in Iran. After the Iranian Revolution, the socialist party that he belonged to was outlawed, and he faced a choice between turning himself in to the secret police for interrogation or fleeing the country. In 1983 he fled to Pakistan. However, there he still faced extradition back to Iran so he fled to Afghanistan. There he studied medicine in Kabul and met his wife. Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ...
In 1989 he was evacuated by the United Nations to the Netherlands, where he started his studies of law at the Catholic University of Brabant. In 1996 he graduated in civil law, criminal law, and philosophy. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of common law that punishes criminals for committing offences against the state. ...
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He remained in Brabant as a researcher until he became a law professor at the University of Amsterdam. Since November 1, 2003, he has been professor of law at the University of Leiden. From Athenaeum Illustre to University In January 1632 two internationally acclaimed scientists, Caspar Barlaeus and Gerardus Vossius, held their inaugural speech in the Athenaeum Illustre - the illustrious school - which had its seat in the 14th-century Agnietenkapel. ...
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Also in 2003, he received a PhD on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where he focused on the tension between criminal law and reconciliation. He concluded that the commission was an acceptable tribunal worthy of international respect. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. ...
He is a regular columnist for NRC Handelsblad and makes many television appearences on politicial discussion programs run by the Dutch public broadcaster. NRC Handelsblad is a Dutch evening newspaper. ...
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Bibliography - Dialoog met Mohammed (ISBN 9029073322) - "een felle polemiek met de grondlegger van de islam"
- Brieven van een Pers (ISBN 9029075228)
- Media en Strafrecht (co-author)
- Verrijzenis van woorden (poetry)
- Mensenherfst (poetry)
Quotes - "The extremists are afraid that if Dutch society becomes a safe haven for an intellectual discussion of political Islam, it will be very dangerous for them" [1]
- "Free speech is in danger of being increasingly restricted by invoking “Islamophobia” and “racism”. And some intellectuals have already capitulated. For example, the opera Aisha was called off in Rotterdam in 2001, because the wife of the Prophet was depicted on stage. The production had to be cancelled because a number of actresses felt threatened. Recently a columnist on the national daily NRC Handelsblad, Hasna el Maroudi was forced to abandon her column because of threats of violence from the Moroccan community. What has happened to civil courage? Why do we hear nothing from the publishers, artists, media and colleagues of people who have capitulated about the consequences of this voluntary capitulation?
We should expect civil courage not only from those who are threatened, but also from those around them, their publishers, producers, colleagues, etc."[2]
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