In regards to your upcoming trip to Iran to gain a firsthand perspective
of the Human Rights situation there, we the Iranian Human Rights activists
Groups of the European Union EU and of North America (IHRAG) and the Canadian
based International Coalition Against Torture (InCAT) would like to draw your
attention to the widespread, planned and systematic violation of Human Rights
in Iran, during the first 8 months of 2007.
The summary
of the violations are as follows:
|
Total number of death
sentences handed out |
181 |
|
Total number of
executions performed |
153 |
|
Death sentence carried
out by stoning |
1 |
|
Women awaiting execution
by stoning |
8 |
|
Youth under 18,
currently on death row awaiting execution
|
1 |
|
Amputation sentences carried
out
|
5 |
|
Journalists, arrested, interrogated
and tried |
190 |
|
Women’s rights
activists, arrested, interrogated and tried |
45 |
|
Students’ movement activists, arrested, interrogated and
tried |
227 |
|
Number of Labour Union movement
activists’ rights have been violated
|
307 |
|
Political, social and
cultural activists arrested, interrogated and tried |
270 |
This is only the tip of the iceberg, there is much more below the
surface. Due to the lack of free news and information circulation, censors, and
the absence of security for the social and NGOs activities, our report contains
an insignificant view of Human Rights violation in
Hereby we must implore that you visit the victims
and involved families affected by these severe Human Right violations to better
understand the gravity of their situations. Merely allowing the Iranian
government to censor your visit and instead show you their facade of a
democratic society would be a horrible blow to creating public awareness of the
injustices occurring daily in
The Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups of the EU
and
The International
Coalition Against Torture (InCAT)
Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North
America (IHRAG)
Phone: 1 - 514 - 365 9212 (
Address:
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