To: Human  Rights Organizations and Activists of the World

On the occasion of 54th anniversary of International Day of Human Rights, for your information, we would like to draw a picture of human rights violations in Iran.

This report merely covers the seven month period since March 2005, when the UN Human Rights Commission failed to place Islamic Republic of Iran on the agenda of it’s latest meeting in Geneva.

The following statistics were collected from domestic news services and publications in Iran. One should bear in mind that due to media censorship, lack of freedom of unofficial news agencies, as well as limitations imposed on the activities of human rights organizations in Iran, true figures of these violations tend to be much larger that the ones reported below.

Reported Human Rights Violations from April through October 2005

1-  Student activists summoned and interogated                                                           254       cases

2-  Trial and conviction of students by “Discilipnary

     Committees” and judiciary                                                                                             66      

3-  Detention of students                                                                                                     8      

4-  Banned student publications                                                                                           6      

5-  Forced interogatin of journalists and blogers                                                               46      

6-  Detention of journalists                                                                                                10      

7-  Trial and conviction of journalists and blogers                                                             21      

8-  Banned publications and internet news sites                                                               12      

9-  Expulsion of journalists                                                                                                  54      

10-Public and official banning of books                                                                              20      

11- Summoning and interogation of political, cultural,

      and social activists                                                                                                       72      

12- Arrest and detention of political, cultural, and

       social activists                                                                                                           141      

13- Trial and conviction of political, cultural, and

       social activists                                                                                                           157      

14- Imposing bail on political prisoners                                                                              31      

15- Hunger strike by political prisoners                                                                             40      

16- Political prisoners in danger of execution                                                                      9      

17- Executed political prisoners                                                                                           2      

18- People shot and killed by police and security forces                                                   14      

19- People condemend to execution                                                                                101      

20- People hanged                                                                                                              43      

21- Stoning sentences for women                                                                                       2      

22- Sentence of eye gouging                                                                                               2      

23- Sentence of dismebering right arm and left foot                                                          2      

24- Mass arrest of public for political reasons                                                               1609      

25- Mass arrest of public for social reasons                                                                18195      

26- Disqualification of presidential and parliamentary elections                                   1158      

 

As demonstrated by these statistics, it is obvious that, contarary to claims by the government,  they are not merely isolated acts of a few overzealous agents. They rather clearly show that the government of Isalmic Republic of Iran employes all resources available towards the continuious, systematic, and widespread violations of the human rights of Iranaian people.

 

Therfore, based on these facts, as well as the fact that Islamic Republic of Iran repeatedly reneged on it’s commitments to international human rights organizations, we urge you to do your utmost to acheive the condemnation of government of Islamic Republic of Iran in the General Assembly and Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.    

                                                                       

Contact :

 

www.hriran.orgE-mail: IHRNENA@gmail.com / hiran@hiran.org

Phone: 1 - 514 – 365 9212 (Canada) or 46 -704-124-500 (Sweden)

Address: BOX 5047, 165 10 Hässelby, Sweden

Human Rights Iran: www.hriran.org

 

Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America (IHRAG) :

 

Iranian Human Rights Activists Association, Canada - Human Rights defense committee of Iran, Sweden - Vereinigung zur Verteidigung der Menschenrechte im Iran, Deutschland - Stichting voor  de Verdediging van Democratie in Iran, Nederland   – Iranian – Canadian community Association of western Canada, Vancouver - Committee to Defend Human Rights in Iran, California, U.S.A. -Noran (supporting committee for human rights in iran ), Norway – Activist of Human Rights- Irantestimony -  Committee for defense of  Liberty and Democracy in Iran – Austria , Aliance for Human Rights defense in Iran – Washangton, U.S.A – Association of defender of Human Rights and democracy in Iran ,  France- Iranain Human Rights Activitists group, Switzerland - Center of activists for  the  defense  of  Human Rigts  in Iran, Belgium , Menschenrechtgruppe IRAN – Deutschland - Verein zur Unterstützung der Politischen Gefangene im Iran, Berlin, Deutschland, Unione Per la Democrazia in Iran - Italia