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In support of brave Iranian Women
Suppression, Tyranny and Crime against Humanity
Must be defied where ever it may be

"NEDA died with open eyes,
It is a shame to be alive with closed eyes"


Iranian women have been at the forefront of continued uprisings in Iran, echoing a clear message to the world:
"The Iranian regime has no legitimacy and future and people chanted 'Death to Dictator' and called for Freedom and Democracy"


Concurrent to the brutal suppression in Iran and to distract attentions from crimes committed, Tehran regime ventured in yet another crime.
On 28 July 2009, Iraqi armed forces attacked Camp Ashraf (near Iranian border in Iraq ), home to 3400 Iranian defenseless dissidents including 1000 brave women. This brutal attack resulted in 9 dead, 500 wounded and 36 people taken as hostages. All 1000 women and camp residents have been "protected persons" under the 4th Geneva Convention" each playing a significant role in the struggle against the misogynous fundamentalist tyranny in Iran .

As Jurists and NGOs including Amnesty International express abhorrence at the ongoing violence in Iran and Camp Ashraf against women, we the undersigned:

1- Demand release of all political prisoners in Iran specially women prisoners who are in deplorable situation

2- Demand immediate release of abducted 36 residents of the defenseless camp refugees, wounded and abducted on 28 July

3- Fully support the struggle of Iranian women to establish Freedom and Democracy in Iran

4-Support the rights of 1000 women and other residents in camp Ashraf under International Conventions

5- Demand a trial of those responsible for crimes committed against Humanity (in Iran and camp Ashraf ) by competent International courts.

6- Ask for the immediate presence of UN observation team or the presence of a competent UNHCR in Ashraf to control the critical situation.




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Sponsors so far : Please add your name or organizational name to the petition

- British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom- UK
- Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in UK
- Iranian Woman’s Association Berlin- Germany
- Iranska KvinnofOreningen I GOteborg - Sweden
- National Association of Anglo-Iranian Academics in Britain _ UK
- Iranian Wemenes Community in Swaden
- Democratische Iranse - Sweden
- Committee of Anglo-Iranian Lawyers UK
- Kvinner Opplyser Oslo - Norway
- Iranian woman’s Association Koln - Germany
- Vrouwen vereniging in Holand
- Iranska Kvinnosamfundet I Sverige – Finland
- International Stichting
- Voor Vrowen- Holand
- Iranian women’s Association Hamburg - Germany
- ADCALI- France
- Women's Association in Frankfort - Germany

Posted by Daughters Of the SUN at 4:18 AM  

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URGENT 36 APPEAL !!!

Up to date we have been following an URGENT HUMANITARIAN situation which is not less than "WAR CRIMES' by the Iraqi government,(of course) under the nose of the US Administratin. The very situation of the 36 hostages who have been so blatantly abducted under heinous physical conditions , beaten and tortured while being abducted for a second time is APPALLING and requires URGENT attention of all of us. Please do as you can one of the following: 1- write uregent letters to the follwing Officials who know about the situation but have for some reason refrained from acting effectivelyand giving time to the Maliki government to please his counterparts in Tehran.
Hon. Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations sg@un.org cc: registry@ohchr.org ecu@un.org Prime Minister Al-Maliki walhilli@hotmail.com iraqigov@gmail.com Honourable Hoshyar Zebari Minister of Foreign Affairs legdep@iraqmofamail.net Honorable Wojdan Mikhail Iraq's Minister of Human Rights minister@humanrights.gov.iq US Ambassador in Iraq BaghdadPressOffice@state.gov Commander of MNF-I, General Odierno Thomas.Gordy@iraq.centcom.mil Mr. Ad Melkert, UNSG Special Representative for Iraq rouka@un.org ICRC-Geneva jkellenberger.gva@icrc.org Hon. Irene Khan, General Secretary of Amnesty International; ikhan@amnesty.org
2- in Twitter please twitt the news as much as possible and send a copy to the WhiteHouse , President Obama ,UNHCR, Amnesty International, MNFI, UNAMI and other International organisations, some of which I have listed here for you:
@lci @afp @ap @ap @LATimes @abc7 @Reuters_Iran @cnnbrk @AJEnglish @CBSNews @foxnews @NBCNews @USATODAY @time @nytimes @LATimestot @latimesiran @washingtonpost @Le_Figaro @LeMondeWorld @ Newsweek @TheEconomist @SenJohnMcCain @DMiliband @Refugees @BarackObama @whitehouse @amnestynews @ MNFIRAQ @hrwnews@UNIC
Some examples of letters that could be sent is as below:
Dear ………….., I am an Iranian writing to you. I would like to draw your esteemed attention to an urgent humanitarian issue and request your help. As you may know, Iranian regime’s suppression and terrorism is not limited to the boundaries of Iran. Since June 12 that the uprising started in my homeland, the Iranian regime has escalated its brutal pressures and suppression against 3400 Iranian dissidents who are residing in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. On 28 & 29 July 2009 and at the behest of the Iranian regime, Iraqi army and police attacked brutally the unarmed, defenseless residents of Camp Ashraf which left 11 camp residents killed and 500 injured, and 36 residents were forcefully taken away from the camp. These 36 have been on hunger strike in protest to their abduction. Despite three rulings by the court - on August 23rd and September 17th and 27th - ordering their release, the Iraqi government not only did not release them, but in yet another inhumane act the Iraqi forces severely beat the hostages and transferred them to an undisclosed location. The beating was so severe that a number of them went unconscious, a few others had their hands broken, and all the rest were bloodied. They have now begun a dry hunger strike that will cost them their lives in just a few days. I humbly request that by allocating your precious time, you sign the following letter or write a similar one to save the lives of 36 innocent people who are about to die in few days. I would also be very grateful if you could send me a copy of your letter to the UN Secretary-General. I very much look forward to hearing from you on this extremely serious matter and assure you of the expression of my highest regards. Very truly yours, Dear Secretary General, I am deeply disturbed that following unprovoked attacks by Iraqi army and police against unarmed, defenseless residents of Ashraf Camp in Iraq on 28 & 29 July 2009 which left 11 residents killed, more than 500 wounded, 36 others abducted and taken forcefully from the camp and are currently in a very dire situation. I learned that on October 1, 2009, the Iraqi forces raided the Khalis city prison where the 36 abductees were held and forcibly transferred them to Baghdad. This is while for the third time the Khalis court had ordered their release and the Iraqi chief prosecutor said on Wednesday that “We have issued orders to all police stations to release them wherever they are.” The 36 detainees have declared that they have gone on dry hunger strike which means they will die in a few days. I am gravely concerned at the conditions of these 36 Ashraf residents and hold the government of Iraq responsible should anything happen to those people. I request that you intervene in this humanitarian issue and urge the Iraqi government to immediately release the residents of Ashraf who are illegally kept in custody. Respectfully,