Friday, September 21, 2007

Iran: humans and rights

September 17 Amnesty International published a report about Human Rights abuses against the Baluchi Minority in Iran.
In this report Amnesty writes recommendations as for the Iranian Government, as for the armed oppositiongroup Jondallah, Iranian Peoples’ Resistance Movement (Jonbesh-e Moqavemat-e Mardom-e Iran), as for the international community, to improve the human rights situation.
The text can be found
here (English)) and
here (Persian, pdf).
Also there will be a one and half hour TV program about Human Rights abuses in Balochistan (Iran).
The broadcast is through satellite on Tishk TV (The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran):
22 September, 2007 ; at 20:30 ECT , 19:30 UK time , 22:00 Iran time.
The subject: The recent Amnesty International report on Human Rights violation and atrocities by the Iranian regime in Balochistan.
More info.



Human rights activist Peter Tatchell wrote a column on The Guardiansite about the last week executed three Ahwaz-Arabs in Iran, just days after a visit from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour.

An interview on Talking With Tatchell TV with Dr Karim Abdian of the Ahwaz Human Rights Organisation (AHRO), held on August 17, subject: ethnic cleansing in Khuzestan(Ahwaz) can be viewed
here (English).


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl

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