[Reader-list] Fw: [Citizen-Mumbai] Urgent Action for Shadi Sadr's Release
Zainab Bawa
bawazainab79 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 23:22:14 IST 2009
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nothing can be done, until there is a marked change in the hardline
> religious fanacitcs attitude.
Nothing can be done, until there is a change in this kind of a hard
line cynical attitude which believes that all change will happen only
when the system changes. At least take a small step instead of giving
your opinion as if it were a final pronouncement!
> Murali V
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:18 PM, kabi cubby sherman <cubbykabi at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > please circulate widely.
> >
> > kabi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message ----
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >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
> > >This
> > > e-mail address is being protected from spambots.. You
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> > write:
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> > >Salutation: Your
> > > Excellency
> > >
> > >And copies to:
> > >
> > >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
> > >
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >
> > >AWID
> > >
> > >
> > >See statement on
> > > AWID's web
> > > site.
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