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A Messege to Ban-Ki Moon: I am Zeinab, Please save me
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A Messege to Ban-Ki Moon: I am Zeinab, Please save me
By : Reza Hiwa
Excellency Ban Ki-Moon,
Following the presidential elections of June 2009 and ensuing peaceful
protests from Iranians challenging the results, the government of the
Islamic Republic of Iran is engaged in the systematic suppression of
all forms of dissent. From street beatings to torture, rape,
disappearance, to formal executions - the Iranian regime has violated
even its own laws. In two cases the appeal court has converted the
sentences from imprisonment to Execution by hanging.
Iran is party to a number of United Nations Treaties, all of which
acknowledge the right to life of every human being. We believe that
Iran should be pressured to uphold the international human rights
standards to which it has acceded
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A conference on Iranian Refugee in Turkey
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VOKRadio.com, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Society for Human Rights in Iran - Southern California
Press Release
Who: Omid
Advocates for Human Rights will present the findings of their recent
humanitarian delegation to Turkey where they met with 70 Iranian
refugees. The organization has published a 40 page report
of its findings dedicated to all those seized the chance to change
their lives and to those continuing to work to enforce and defend human rights. Omid
Advocates continues working directly with many of the refugees they met
and others on their pending applications for refugee recognition and
other needs.
What: The
14 member international delegation was composed of lawyers from the US,
Germany and Pakistan, medical professionals, including a torture and
trauma specialist, from the U.S. and Austria, a member of the EU Parliament, a candidate for the Swedish Parliament, a renown German human scholars, a German author and two interpreters. The
delegation met with UNHCR, seven embassies and NGOs in Turkey to
advocate for the expeditious resettlement of the refugees. The group
visited Turkey from March 29, 2010 to April 3, 2010.
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The FIDH et RSF have launched an international campaign calling upon the Iranian authorities
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vokradio.com, Los Angeles, California, USA
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The FIDH et RSF have launched an international campaign calling upon the Iranian authorities
The FIDH et RSF have launched an international campaign calling upon
the Iranian authorities to liberate immediately and unconditionally all
prisoners of opinion detained in Iran.
Several hundred prisoners of opinion are in Iranian jails. Some of them
have been in prison for several years, many others were arrested more
recently, after the popular demonstrations following the 12 June 2009 elections, which involved massive fraud. They are all in prison because of their opinions – they denounce human rights violations
perpetrated in their country; they mobilize against gender-based
discrimination; they defend the rights of ethnic and religious
minorities; they do not share the regime’s interpretation of Islam;
they claim their right to vote...
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Iran: One year on crackdown on dissent widens with hundreds unjustly imprisoned
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vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Press Release
 June 10, 2010
Iran: One year on crackdown on dissent widens with hundreds unjustly
imprisoned
“It’s essential
that we stand up for the unjustly imprisoned and be their voice. The
prisoner’s worst nightmare is the thought of being forgotten. But
knowing
that your plight is in the hearts and minds of people across the world,
brings you a great sense of hope.”, Maziar Bahari, the Iranian-Canadian
journalist for Newsweek, released after four months detention in Iran
following
the election.
One year on from Iran’s
disputed
June 2009 presidential election, Amnesty International has documented a
widening crackdown on dissent that has left journalists, students,
political
and rights activists as well as clerics languishing in prisons.
Lawyers, academics,
former
political prisoners and members of Iran’s ethnic and religious
minorities
have also been caught up in an expanding wave of repression that has
led
to widespread incidents of torture and other ill-treatment along with
politically
motivated execution of prisoners.
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From Amnesty International--Neda Project, June 12 actions
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vokradio, Los Angeles, California, USA
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From Amnesty International--Neda Project, June 12 actions
By:Elise Auerbach
Iran
country specialist, Amnesty International USA
June 8th, 2010
Dear Friends:
I would like to tell you about the Neda Project. As most of you know, the
anniversary of the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan in
Tehran is fast approaching (June 20). Amnesty
International has partnered with the band The Airborne Toxic Event on the Neda
Project. The band wrote a song for Neda, simply called "Neda" and
have created an amazing video recounting the events surrounding the elections
and Neda's tragic and very public death.
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SHRISC Public Statement on execution of prisoners of conscience
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vokradio.com, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Society for Human Rights in Iran-Southern California
PUBLIC STATEMENT
May 10, 2010
Once again Iranian court upheld death sentences for 5 political activists, 4 men and one woman. These prisoners of conscience who were executed in Evin prison on May 9th, 2010 were:
Ms. Shirin Alam-Hooli
Farzad Kamangar
Ali Heydariyan
Farhad Vakili
Mehdi Eslamiyan
Shirin Alam Hooli, the young woman who was executed had appealed her sentence, but no judgment was rendered. The attorneys of these prisoners were not informed of the judgment and the phone of the notorious Evin Prison was disconnected prior to the executions. This is an alarming act and it is done with the intention to create a state of fear and intimidation a month away from the disputed Iranian election on June 12th.
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