OxBlog reports that “twenty-five bloggers and civil society activists have been arbitrarily arrested in recent weeks” in Iran. Oxblog reproduced this message from the World Movement for Democracy, which I’m reproducing as well, in the hope that “Alas” readers will take a moment to send an email.
Amnesty International reports that Ghazi and Abbasgholizadeh are among 25 internet journalists and civil society activists that have been arbitrarily arrested in recent weeks. The Women’s Learning Partnership, a World Movement participating organization, has been contacted by colleagues in Iran asking them to help bring attention to the plight of civil society activists in Iran.
Suggested Action: To demand the immediate release of Fereshteh Ghazi and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and express your concern for the rise in human rights violations in Iran, please write to President Hojjatoleslam Sayed Mohammad Khatemi, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the President of the European Parliament, and the Iranian embassy in your country:
His Excellency Hojjatoleslam Sayed Mohammad Khatemi
The Presidency Office
Pasteur Avenue
Tehran 13167-43311 Islamic Republic of Iran
E-mail
Her Excellency Louise Arbour
High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 9022
E-mail
His Excellency Josep Borrell Fontelles
President of the European Parliament
Division for Correspondence with Citizens
L-2929 LUXEMBOURG
Fax: (352) 4300 27072
Additional Information:
“Iran: Web Writers Purge Underway”
Human Rights Watch
“Iran: Civil society activists and human rights defenders under attack”
Amnesty International
“Iran: Call for the unconditional release of Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh”
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
Check it:
http://www.gender-news.com/other.php?id=23
Check it:
http://www.gender-news.com/other.php?id=23
Amp, thanks for posting this. I have e-mailed the Iranian government and the UN at the links you provided; I’ve also linked to this post on my blog. Keep up the good work.
The reason such horrific things happen in the world today is because the U.S. and the international arena has not condemned and punished the action of those who have committed genocide, massacres, and other human rights violations in the past. One such example is the unpunished Armenian Genocide of 1915.