To all members of the
UN General Assembly
Signatory civil
society organizations,
1. Advocacy Forum (
2. Aliran
Kesedaran Negara (
3.
4. The American
Islamic Congress
5. Amnesty
International
6. Angikar
7. The Arab Penal
Reform Organization (
8. Asian Forum for
Human Rights and Development – FORUM-ASIA
9. Asian Legal
Resources Centre (
10. Association for
Human Rights Legal Aid (
11. Association for
Women’s Rights in Development
12. Bahá’í International Community (
13. Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (
14. Cairo Institute
for Human Rights Studies (
15.
16. Cambodian Human
Rights and Development Association (
17. Cambodian League
for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (
18. Caucasian
Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (
20. Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (
23. Citizens’ Council
for Human Rights
24. CIVICUS: World
25. Civil
26. Committee for the
Freedom of Prisoners of Conscience in
27. Committees for the
Defense of Democracy, Freedoms, and Human Rights in
28. Community Legal
Aid Institute – LBT Masyarakat (
29. Conectas Direitos Humanos (
30. Corporacion Humanas (
31.
32. Democracy
Coalition Project (
33. Democratic
Workers’ Solidarity (
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34. Droits Humains Sans
Frontieres (
35. East and Horn of
36. The Egyptian
Association for Community Participation Enhancement (
37. Egyptian Child’s
38. Egyptian Social
Democratic Center (
39. Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Homme (France)
40. FLARE – Freedom,
Legality, and Rights in
41. Freedom House (
42. GayJapanNews (
43. Global
International (
44. Greek
45. Guria Swayam Sevi
Sansthan (
46.
47.
48.
49. Human Rights
Association for the Assistance of Prisoners (
50. Human Rights
Development Centre (
51. Human Rights First
(
52. Human Rights Watch
(
53. Human Rights
Working Group (
54.
55. Indonesian Human
Rights Monitor (
56. Information and
Culture Nuri for the Disabled Korean (
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57. International
58. International
Campaign for Human Rights in
59. International
Commission of Jurists (
60. International NGO
Forum on Indonesian Development (
61. International
Partnership for Human Rights (
62. Interregional Free
63. Interregional
Human Rights Group (
64.
65. Italian
Association for Women in Development (
66.
67. Judicial System
Monitoring Programme (
68. Justice Foundation
(
69. Justice and Peace
70. Justicia y Proceso (
71. Korean House for
International Solidarity (
72. The Kyrgyz
Committee for Human Rights (
73.
74. Migrant Forum in
75. National Iranian
American Council (
76. National
Organization for Human Rights in
77. NERVAZHI (
78. New
79. One World
Foundation for Development and Civil Society (
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80. Open Alternative (
81.
82. Palestinian Human
Rights Organization (
83. Pax Romana (
84. Partnership for
Justice (
85. People’s
Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (
86. Peoples’ Vigilance
Committee on Human Rights (
87. People’s Watch (
88. Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor –EMPOWER (
89. Physicians for
Human Rights (
90. Programme Against
Custodial Torture & Impunity (
91. Quê Me: Action for Democracy (
92. Right to Life
Foundation (
93. Sasvika Sanghatan (
94. Shumuu Organization for Disabled Person’s Rights (
95. South African
Council of Churches (
96.
97. Suara Rakyat
98. Sudhanthra (
99.
100. Tibetan United
Nations Advocacy (
101. Turkmen
Initiative for Human Rights
102. Unrepresented
Nations and Peoples Organization (
103. United Group (
104. West African
Human Rights Defenders Network (
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105. Women’s Learning
Partnership (
106. Working Group on
Justice for Peace (
107. Young
108. Youth Human
Rights Group – Kharkiv (
109. Youth Human
Rights Movement (
Your Excellency,
We, the undersigned
independent human rights and civil society organizations from diverse regions and societies around the world, respectfully
urge your support for a United Nations General Assembly Resolution
condemning the serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of
Iran (IRI) and advising the IRI of steps it should take to respect the rights
of the Iranian people in accordance with international law.
Human
rights conditions in
Since
the disputed presidential elections in June 2009, thousands of Iranian citizens
have suffered grave violations of their internationally protected human
rights; many have been beaten and shot during peaceful protests, and there
are credible, verified reports of torture, rape, and ill-treatment in
detention. Hundreds of reform-oriented citizens and political figures have
been tried in “show trials” without due process, and several have already been
sentenced to lengthy prison terms, while others linked to the protests
have been sentenced to death.
There
are calls from powerful clerics and politicians to declare opposition political
activities as violations of law that are punishable by death. In the
meantime,
Women
continue to suffer from institutionalized discrimination across many spheres of
Iranian society. Human rights defenders working peacefully to establish
gender equality are under particular stress as many have been arbitrarily
detained and prosecuted for their peaceful efforts to end
legal discrimination against women. Moreover, as mentioned in the report
of the Secretary General, the situation of ethnic and religious
minorities, particularly the Bahá’í , continues to be of great concern.
The
General Assembly must take a firm stand on behalf of universal human rights
principles, and on behalf of the people of