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(November 21, 2012) — Human rights and press freedom organizations have called on UN member states to support the resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran being voted on by the Third Committee of the 67th UN General Assembly on November 27, 2012. In calling for support for the measure, the organizations pointed to the torture and death earlier this month of Sattar Beheshti, simply for blogging on Facebook, to highlight the dire situation of human rights and freedom in Iran. Other reports indicate that as many as 81 people may have been executed in Iran in the past 10 days alone.
“In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has increasingly and systematically repressed its population and committed widespread and far-ranging abuses with impunity,” wrote the authors of the letter. “Until the Islamic Republic of Iran stops its repressive practices against its people and begins cooperation and compliance with its human rights obligations, the international community has an obligation to stand up for the Iranian people and hold their government to account for its widespread transgressions.”
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The full letter can be read in pdf format by clicking here.
