IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
• According to Amnesty International report in March 2004,
Iranian government became second in the world execution.
• 120,000 executions on political grounds; victims include
pregnant women, elderly women and schoolchildren
• 30,000 political prisoners
massacred in 1988
• Over 170 forms of physical
and psychological torture
• 800,000 persons admitted
to jails every year
• Stoning, hanging in public,
eye gouging, amputation of fingers, hands and legs, beheading,
and flogging in public carried out as "punishment"
• Suppression of religious
and ethnic minorities
• 450 terrorist operations
around the world, including bombings, hijacking, abductions and
assassinations
• 474 public executions
have been announced in 2002; a 50% rise compared with the previous
year
• 91 newspapers and periodicals
have been closed down by the regime since April 2000. Dozens of
journalists remain in jail. Rapporteurs Sans Frontieres called
Iran "the biggest prison for journalists".
• 1,500 Iranians leave the
country every day, fleeing the mullahs’ repression
Urgent
Action
To
save the lives of residents of Camp Ashraf.
Residents of Ashraf are protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention
and international law. They have lived in Iraq for 20 years as
political refugees. The Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I),
the Iraqi government and all relevant international organizations
should respect the protections granted to Ashraf residents by
their status as protected persons. The residents of Ashraf City
advocate a free, secular and democratic Iran in which there is
a separation of Church and State, and in which the rights of all
citizens are safeguarded regardless of their gender, ethnic background,
religious or political beliefs.
Invitation to Sydney part of
Global Day of Action for Murdered and Injured Artists of Ashraf City
We, the undersigned declare our support for the Iranian people's uprising across the country, chanting "Down with dictator" and seeking a regime change and establishment of democracy in Iran. We also declare our sympathy with the families of those who were killed, injured or arrested in this uprising.
We recall:
Nationwide uprising of the people of Iran illustrated the explosive state of the Iranian society and demand of near unanimous majority of the people for democracy. This uprising and extensive support for it by the Iranians in exile indicated that unlike what was publicized, this regime posses neither popular support nor stability.
Savage crackdown on the people's uprising in Tehran and other cities of Iran which reached a climax on June 20 has left more than 200 killed and thousands of injured and arrested in the first ten days. On June 20, the world was shocked by watching the final moments of a young girl, Neda, who was shot dead by the guards in North Tehran. Today the Iranian people as well as the alert conscience of the world expect a firm reaction by the western countries, vis-à-vis the savage conduct of the religious fascism ruling Iran.
Massacre of the defenceless protestors clearly reveals the hysterical hostility of this regime towards its opponents.
We urge the governments and the UN Security Council to:
Reject Iran's sham election as well as the appointment of Ahmadi-Nejad, and to force the regime to accept a free UN- supervised election based on people's sovereignty and not the rule of the Supreme Religious Leader.
Suspend all political and diplomatic ties with the mullahs’ regime until the suppression is completely stopped.
Impose a trade, diplomatic, arms and technology embargo on the regime and a foreign travel ban on its high officials.
Urge the UN Security Council to refer the crimes committed by the regime's authorities, in particular Khamenei, to an international tribunal.
For more information
Contact Mohammed at 0415
536 443
Supported by: Australian Supporters of Democracy in Iran, PO Box
73, Mortdale NSW 2223
Hosted by Ms Penny Sharpe MLC.
RSVP: (02) 9230 2741 penny.sharpe@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Association
to Defend Freedom & Human Rights in Iran- Australia is an
independent, non-profit, and non-governmental organization without
any political affiliations focusing on the Rights of the Iranian
refugees who were the victims of the most horrific executions
and torture. We facilitate the means by which Iranian refugees
in the Australia particularly women and children can attain an
appropriate standard of living through the proper provisions of
nutrition, health, education, support, and protection.
WHAT
WE DO
OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
We
try to help the victims of fundamentalism, who have fled their
homeland for fear of persecution, torture and execution, by looking
after their welfare. We also help these victims adapt to better
lives in the Australia. Some of our most important goals are:
1.
To support Iranians who have fled their homeland for fear of persecution,
or who have been subject to the Iranian regime's brutal tortures
and imprisonment.
2. To provide education and services and commodities for such
victims of oppression.
3. To voice the cries of the Iranian people who are subjected
daily to the mullahs' crimes.
4. To counsel the bereaved torture victims of the Iranian regime
to regain control over their lives and be able to live like ordinary
free people.
OUR ACTIVITIES
We provide assistance on legal matters for the victims of fundamentalism.
We endeavour to educate and help them to achieve a degree. We
put on many social and cultural activities locally. We also arrange
language and computer classes.
