A picture tells a thousand words.........
The World Movement for Democracy reports:
On July 17, Shadi Sadr, a lawyer and prominent women’s rights activist working with the One Million Signatures Campaign, was arrested by undercover security officers and taken to an undisclosed location. The men pulled her into a car as she walked along a busy road and beat her as she struggled to escape. As of July 20, she remains missing.
Ms. Sadr’s violent arrest marks an escalation in attacks against human rights activists by the Iranian government since demonstrations protesting Iran’s disputed presidential election results. According to the Women’s Learning Partnership, reports from inside Iran indicate that hundreds more protestors have been killed than government reports suggest.
The WLP calls upon the women’s rights community and all human rights activists and organizations to speak out in defense of Shadi Sadr and all those who are being unjustly persecuted. The WLP asks you to please write to local and international media, mobilize your social networks, and urge your policy makers and embassies, as well as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay to take action to protect basic human rights for all those who are being abused and arrested in Iran. Contact information is provided below.
The Honorable Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary General
760 United Nations Plaza
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Web contact: 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@ohchr.org
Tel: +41-22-917-90-00
Fax: +41-22-917-9008 or +1-212-963-4097
Recent Comments