In the context of the campaign launched by International Federation for Human Right on June 10, 2010, we-Human Right Association, Human Right Foundation of Turkey, Contemporary Lawyer Association,and Human Rihght Agenda Association – are calling upon the Iranian authorities.
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…
By maintaining these people in detention, by subjecting them to torture, by coercing them to confess so-called « crimes », by condemning them after blatantly unfair trials, the Iranian authorities seriously violate their international human rights commitments, and they are accountable for these acts.
We therefore call upon the Iranian authorities to liberate immediately and unconditionally all prisoners of opinion detained in Iran.
Besides there has been still capital punishment in Iran. Needless to say, the capital punishment is an shame of humanity. All human right activists are completely against to capital punisment. It is an important violation of human rights to abolish right to life through capital punishment by the state. Therefore we are calling upon Iran to abolish the capital punishment and sign relevant international human right documents.
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International Federation for Human Right (FIDH) |
Human Rights Association (IHD) |
Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) |
Contemporary Lawyer Association (CHD) |
Human Rihgts Agenda Association |