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Stop the Violence against Women in the Near East
June 28, 2011Here is a sample letter for those of you planning to write a letter as part of the Amnesty International letter writing campaign.
To Your Excellency:
All actions are like a wave. They move through time, even when we wish to stop them. By seeking to eliminate independent civil society, the government of Iran is stifling its own health and success. The Bill on the Establishment and Supervision of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) will do more to strangle the Islamic Republic of Iran than sanctions or military attacks.
We urge you to consider the long term ramifications of limiting the basic human right to peaceful assembly. We urge you to allow your citizens to act in freedom as they seek only to make Iran a better place to live and work.
The right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Articles 26 and 27). It is also guaranteed by articles 21 and 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
End the harassment and arrests of civil society activists. Allow those who wish to engage in peaceful efforts to meet and act. End the arrests and imprisonments of student’s and women’s rights activists, journalists, environmentalists, human rights defenders. End the arrests and imprisonments of members of professional associations and trade unions.
Vote against the Bill on the Establishment and Supervision of NGOs, which would severely limit the peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom of association and assembly.
Sincerely,
For more information about the letter-writing campaing, download this pdf document: Urgent Action
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 22 April 2011 TO:
Speaker of Parliament
Ali Larijani
Majles-e Shoura-ye Eslami
Baharestan Square Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: [email protected]
Fax: +98 21 3355 6408
Salutation: Your Excellency
Chair of the Council of Guardians
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati
Council of Guardians
Imam Khomeini Avenue West of junction with Vali-Asr Ave/Falestin Jonubi St.
Tehran 1317735111 Islamic Republic of Iran
Fax: +98 21 6640 1012 (press 2 when automated voice comes on in Persian to begin transmitting fax)
Email: [email protected] Salutation: Your Excellency
And copies to:
Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights
Mohammad Javad Larijani
High Council for Human Rights [Care of] Office of the Head of the Judiciary,
Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave. south of Serah-e Jomhouri,
Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: [email protected]
(subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani)
Salutation: Dear Sir
