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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.

Solidarity with Iranian people’s uprising

The Iranian people’s uprising for democracy and human rights heralded a new phase on December 27 when millions of Iranians expressed their aspiration to change the regime in its entirety. A number of protestors were killed on that day, hundreds were injured and thousands were arrested.

In a bid to prevent the expansion of the uprising, the regime has put some of the detainees on trial as “mohareb,” literally meaning “those who wage war against God,” a charge that is punishable by death sentence. The First Deputy of the regime’s Judiciary has announced that supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) are all deemed as “mohareb” and must be executed, while Salavati, a judge in charge of the clerical regime’s kangaroo court formed to try the “moharebs,” has said that since “the core of the PMOI has not been eradicated, the organization remains subject to Article 186 of the Islamic Punishment Act,” and that, in accordance with this Act, “as long as the core of the PMOI remains in place, all its members and supporters … are considered mohareb, even if they are not involved in the armed wing.”

The persistence of brutal physical and psychological torture practiced on political prisoners, which in many cases has led to their deaths, has provoked serious concerns on the part of the international community.

In such circumstances, it is imperative that:

• The dossier of human rights violations and suppression of the Iranian people’s uprising be referred to the United Nations Security Council for the adoption of urgent measures.

• All diplomatic, political and economic leverages to be used to impose pressure on the Iranian regime for the immediate release of political prisoners and those detained during the uprisings.

• The European Union and member states suspend their economic and political relations with Tehran until such time that hanging, torture and the suppression of protests in Iran have ceased completely.

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.