[Reader-list] Fw: [Citizen-Mumbai] Urgent Action for Shadi Sadr's Release
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Tue Jul 28 14:18:33 IST 2009
please circulate widely.
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Subject: [Citizen-Mumbai] Urgent Action for Shadi Sadr's Release
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>Greetings!
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>The Association for
> Women's Rights in Development (AWID), an international
> feminist membership organization with individual and
> institutional members in 165 countries around the world, is
> gravely concerned by the violent arrest of our colleague
> Shadi Sadr on the morning of Friday July 17th 2009.
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>A lawyer and prominent women's rights activist, Shadi
> Sadr was stopped on a busy Tehran street, beaten and dragged
> off in a car by plainclothes agents who produced no
> identification or warrant. No reason has yet been provided
> for her detention. Her lawyer has not been allowed to
> communicate with her, and efforts to post bail for her have
> so far been unsuccessful.
>
>Shadi Sadr is the founder
> of Zanan-e-Iran (Women in Iran), the first website
> highlighting the work of women's rights activists in the
> country, and the former director of the Raahi Legal Centre
> for women, which was shut down by Iranian authorities in
> 2007. She is also a key member of Meydaan (Women's Field),
> the Stop Stoning Forever Campaign, and the One Million
> Signatures Campaign, and has been actively involved in
> women's rights networks including Women Living under Muslim
> Laws and AWID.
>
>Our concern over the unlawful
> abduction of Shadi Sadr is compounded by fears for her
> health, as she suffers from a serious glandular and bone
> condition that requires prescription medication, and for
> which she is due to undergo surgery in the coming week.
>
>
>Shadi Sadr's clients are also being negatively
> impacted by the situation.. The illegal detention has caused
> her to miss the court date of one client who is potentially
> facing the death penalty.
>
>Recognizing the central
> role of women's human rights defenders in the building and
> strengthening of democracy around the world, AWID believes
> that all States must ensure that their rights are protected..
>
>
>We call upon AWID's members and allies to take
> action and mobilize your networks in solidarity and support
> of Shadi Sadr and all those whose peaceful and non-violent
> dissent has rendered them subject to unjust persecution in
> Iran.
>
>Please contact local and international media,
> and write to policy makers and the Iranian mission in your
> country, as well as the Iranian authorities and the Iranian
> Bar. You can also write to the UN Secretary General Ban
> Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem
> Pillay, and urge them to take action to protect basic human
> rights in Iran.
>
>Your letter can:
>
> * Call for the unconditional and immediate release of
> Shadi Sadr, as she is a prisoner of conscience, held
> solely for her human rights activities and the peaceful
> exercise of her rights to freedom of expression;
>
> * Ensure that she is allowed immediate access to her
> family, lawyer of her choice, and any medical treatment
> she may require, especially as she has a reported
> pre-existing medical condition;
>
> * Urge the Iranian authorities to ensure that Shadi Sadr
> and all other detainees are protected from all forms of
> torture or ill treatment; and
>
> * Call on the authorities to remove unlawful
> restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and
> assembly in Iran and put an end to the repression of
> demonstrations against the current Iranian government and
> their stance on the recent elections..RECIPIENTS'
> LIST:
>
>The Honorable Ban Ki-moon
>Secretary
> General
>760 United Nations Plaza
>United Nations
>New
> York, NY 10017
>Web contact: http://www.un.org/en/contactus/contactform.asp
>
>Ms.
> Navanethem Pillay
>UN High Commissioner for Human
> Rights
>Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
> Human Rights (OHCHR)
>Palais des Nations
>CH-1211 Geneva
> 10, Switzerland
>Email: infodesk at ohchr.org
>Fax:
> +41 22 917 9008 or +1 212 963 4097
>Tel: +41 22 917
> 9000
>
>Ms. Margaret Sekaggya
>Special Rapporteur on
> the Situation of Human Rights Defenders
>E-mail: urgent-action at ohchr.org
>The text of the
> e-mail should refer to the human rights defenders
> mandate.
>Fax: +41 22 917 9006 (Geneva,
> Switzerland)
>Tel: +41 22 917 1234
>This is the number
> for the United Nations telephone operator in Geneva,
> Switzerland. Callers should ask to speak with staff at the
> Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
> Rights dealing with the special procedures of the Human
> Rights, and specifically with staff supporting the mandate
> of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders. Please
> see here for further details about filing complaints to the
> Special Rapporteur: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/defenders/complaints.htm
>
>Working
> Group on Arbitrary Detention
>c/o Office of the UN High
> Commissioner for Human Rights
>United Nations Office at
> Geneva
>CH-1211, Geneva 10
>Switzerland
>Fax: +41 22
> 917 9006
>See model questionnaire here: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs26.htm#A5
>
>The
> Special Rapporteur on Violence against
> Women
>OHCHR-UNOG
>8-14 Avenue de la Paix
>CH-1211,
> Geneva 10
>Switzerland
>Fax: +41 22 917 9006
>E-mail:
> urgent-action at ohchr.org
>Leader of the
> Islamic Republic
>Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
>The
> Office of the Supreme Leader
>Islamic Republic Street, end
> of Shahid Keshvar Doust Street
>Tehran, Islamic Republic
> of Iran
>Email: via website: http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=letter > (English)
>or http://www.leader.ir/langs/fa/index.php?p=letter > (Persian)
>Salutation: Your Excellency
>
>Head of the
> Judiciary
>Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
>Howzeh
> Riyasat-e-Qoveh Qazaiyeh (Office of the Head of the
> Judiciary)
>Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of
> Serah-e-Jomhouri
>Tehran 1316814737, Islamic Republic of
> Iran
>Email: shahroudi at dadgostary-tehran.ir
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>Salutation: Your
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>And copies to:
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>Iranian Bar
> Association
>No. 3, Zagros St., Argentina Sq.
>Tehran,
> Islamic Republic of Iran
>Fax: +98 21 8771340 or +98 21
> 888 6425 / 26
>Email: tamas at iranbar.org
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>And the Iranian
> embassy in your country (NB: recommend telephoning and
> faxing before letter-writing)
>http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-of/Iran
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>Regards
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>AWID
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>See statement on
> AWID's web
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