7 may 06

Islamic Republic of Iran

Has no palce on the Human Rtights Council

 

To: Human Rights Activists and Organizations

 

On April 4, 2006, Permanent Representative of Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has formally entered his government’s candidacy for the membership of The Human Rights Council of the Untited Nations.

 

We, The “Iranian Human Rights Activists in Europe and North America”, along with other Iranian and International organizations, have repeatedly demonstrated that IRI has been continuously, extensively, and systematically breaching the fundamental and human rights of Iranian people.

 

In the last 25 years, Iranian regime violated these rights on the following general basis:

 

1-      Condemning tens of thousands of political opponents to death, without the presence of  defense attorneies or juries;

2-      Mass exeution of political prisoners, following the cease fire in the war with Iraq;

3-      Widespread assasination of opponents in foreign lands;

4-      Political assasination of opponents in Iran (commonly known as Serial Murders);

5-      Violationss of the rights of religious and ethnic minorities;

6-      In the last few years, second highest number of death centences issued and performed in the world, including execution of minors;

7-      Extensive closure of newspapers and magazines, filtering of web sites, censureship of books, and the biggest number of imprisoned journalists in the Middle East;

8-      Systematic and extensive breach of women’s rights, including stoninig;

9-      Wiespread persecution of student activists;

10-   Arrest and expulsion of labor activists;

11-   Common use of extensive physical and psychological torture, as well as cenetences  of dismembering body parts.

 

Acordingly, we appeal to all Iranian and International human rights activists and organizations to do their outermost to prevent the government of Islamic Republic of Iran from becoming a menber of the Human Rights Council, so that the glimmer of hope generated by the creation of this Council, for more serious and effective response to the violations of human rights, would not die. 

 

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 - Unione Per la Democrazia in Iran - Italy

Contact:

www.hriran.org

E-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 News from Iran: www.hriran.org