From: ALNSOUR Mohammad Ali
Sent: 31 January 2018 12:53
To: 'lenin@apvchr.asia' <lenin@apvchr.asia>
Cc: Gurdip Sangha <gsangha@ohchr.org>; COCCO Katherine <kcocco@ohchr.org>
Subject: your letter to SG
Sent: 31 January 2018 12:53
To: 'lenin@apvchr.asia' <lenin@apvchr.asia>
Cc: Gurdip Sangha <gsangha@ohchr.org>; COCCO Katherine <kcocco@ohchr.org>
Subject: your letter to SG
Dear Mr. Raghuvanshi,
Thank you for your letter dated 29 January 2018 addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General.
The Secretariat of the United Nations, through the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
continues to monitor the situation in Iran including in relation to the
fate of the individuals who were involved in the
protests and who were arrested in conjunction with the protests. The
Office welcomes available information to further inform its
understanding of the situation, which will be considered in line with
its reporting and monitoring methodology.
Both the Secretary-General and the High
Commissioner issued statements in early January and will continue to
advocate for the release from detention of anyone who was arbitrarily
deprived of their liberty for peacefully expressing their
views. As noted in the Press release of 3 January 2018, the High
Commissioner stated that “Peaceful protests must not be criminalised.”
and that “[t]hey are a legitimate part of the democratic process,”. On 5
January, Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook
Zerihoun briefed the Security Council.
The links to the relevant statements are set out below for your consideration:
Thank you again for reaching out,
Mohammad Ali Alnsour Chief Middle East and North Africa Section Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights E-mail:malnsour@ohchr.org Tel: + 41 22 917 9745 Web: www.ohchr.org
Street Address:
Avenue Giuseppe Motta 48, CH-1202 Geneva 10
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My letter:
Dear Secretary-General
Since the last days of 2017, the world has
witnessed massive and courageous protests by Iranian people throughout the
country against the regime ruling Iran and for the liberation and establishment
of a democratically elected government.
The world community has supported the demands of the people of Iran for
freedom and has condemned the suppressive measures taken by the Iranian regime
against its citizens.
Reports indicate that the Revolutionary Guards and the security forces have killed at least 50
people and arrested thousand people. On January 9, 2018 in a statement,
Amnesty International reported that at least five of those who were arrested
following an anti-government rally have died in detention centers.
On January 5, 2018 the UN Human Rights experts in Geneva, in a statement, expressed their extreme concern
regarding the Iranian regime's approach to demonstrators. “The Government’s instruction to the Revolutionary Guards to hit
hard against the protesters, and the judiciary’s threats of harsh punishment,
are unacceptable." the experts said.
The “Supreme leader” of the regime, Ali
Khamenei, and Hassan Rouhani, the President of Iranian regime, blamed the
opposition inside Iran, PMOI/MEK for organizing the demonstrations, and
threatened to act severely against them. The Minister of Intelligence
threatened with a quick response to the organizers of the uprising.
In 1989, in a short period of time the
Iranian regime executed many political prisoners, based on a religious decree
of Khomeini, the regime’s Supreme leader at the time. The authorities in charge
of that massacre are still in power in Iran enjoying impunity and
involved
in the killings of protesters on the streets.
While declaring our support for the
demonstrations and the legitimate demands of the brave people in Iran, we urge
you to condemn violations of human rights and suppression of the demonstrators
in Iran through a Secretary-General’s statement. We also urge you to use your
good offices at the United Nations for effective measures to release those
arrested during the recent demonstrations, and imposing sanctions on officials
and organs involved in killing people in Iran, and exporting
extremism abroad.
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Founder and CEO
People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR)
An initiative of Jan Mitra Nyas ISO 9001:2008
SA 4/2 A Daulatpur, Varanasi - 221002 India
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