[Reader-list] Fw: [Citizen-Mumbai] Urgent Action for Shadi Sadr's Release
Murali V
murali.chalam at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 17:22:55 IST 2009
Nothing can be done, until there is a marked change in the hardline
religious fanacitcs attitude.
Murali V
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:18 PM, kabi cubby sherman <cubbykabi at yahoo.com>wrote:
> please circulate widely.
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> From: Kamayani <kamayni at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 July, 2009 1:04:33 PM
> Subject: [Citizen-Mumbai] Urgent Action for Shadi Sadr's Release
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> >
> >
> >Greetings!
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >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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> >And copies to:
> >
> >Iranian Bar
> > Association
> >No. 3, Zagros St., Argentina Sq.
> >Tehran,
> > Islamic Republic of Iran
> >Fax: +98 21 8771340 or +98 21
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> >Email: tamas at iranbar.org
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> >http://www.embassiesabroad.com/embassies-of/Iran
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> >
> >Regards
> >
> >AWID
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> >See statement on
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