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.
Statement on Camp Ashraf
We are deeply concerned about the situation of 3,400 members of the Iranian opposition, People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), in Camp Ashraf, Iraq. The Iranian regime is attempting to obliterate the residents through the Iraqi Government. The deadly attack by Iraqi forces against the camp on July 28 and 29 left 11 dead and 500 injured while 36 members of the PMOI were taken hostage. The innocent hostages were only released after a worldwide campaign and they were on the verge of death as a result of 72 days of hunger strike.
Amnesty International, International Federation of Human Rights, World Organization Against Torture, Human Rights watch, and the Archbishop of Canterbury have condemned the attack in a number of different statements. They have all expressed their worries about the situation of Ashraf residents. The Spanish Central Investigative Court has launched an investigation against Iraqi authorities about the attack and they can be prosecuted for violating the Fourth Geneva Convention and crime against humanity.
The Iraqi Government intends to transfer Ashraf residents to desert areas in the south using force that can lead to a far greater catastrophe than the July attack. The U.S. Government, Amnesty International and many international authorities have expressed their concerns over the Government’s intention.
A Resolution adopted by the European Parliament on April 24, 2009, reiterates that the residents of Ashraf are Protected Persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention. It calls on the Iraqi Government to respect their rights and refrain from their expulsion or forcible displacement within Iraq and to put an end to the siege imposed on them.
We express our solidarity with the residents of Ashraf and their families and support their demands and call on the Prime Minister and the Government of Australia to immediately accomplish the following objectives in cooperation with the United Nations, European Union and the U.S. Government:
The U.S. forces to guarantee protection of Ashraf residents, prevent recurrence of attacks and violence against them and their forcible displacement;
The United Nations to assume protection of Ashraf resident;
The Iraqi Government to comply with the European Parliament resolution on Ashraf adopted on April 24, 2009, and to acknowledge the fundamental rights and protections enjoyed by Ashraf residents under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
We, the undersigned, also call on the Iraqi Government to respect and implement the above mentioned articles, which rely on international law, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law. This would help to restore and improve the credibility and dignity of Iraq as an independent and democratic state, which have regrettably been subjected to doubts.
Name: Signature:
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.
